Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun For words so beginning, not found below, see
palæo- .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- A combining form meaning old, ancient.
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- prefix very old;
prehistoric - prefix very early;
primitive - prefix related to
paleontology
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek παλαιός (palaios, "old").
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