paleo-

• palaeo-, palae-
• pale-
• palæo-, palæ- (archaic or archaicizing)

From Ancient Greek παλαιός (palaiós, “old”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpæl.i.əʊ/, /ˈpeɪ.li.əʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpæl.i.ə/, /ˈpeɪ.li.ə/, /-oʊ/

paleo-

1. Old; ancient or primitive
2. Related to paleontology.
3. Used to form informal names of taxa; basal.

• neo-

From Ancient Greek παλαιός (palaiós, “old”).

• IPA^(key): [paˈleo]
• Rhymes: -eo
• Hyphenation: pa‧le‧o

paleo-

1. (sciences) paleo-

   ‎paleo- + ‎botaniko (“botany”) → ‎paleobotaniko (“paleobotany”)

   ‎paleo- + ‎ekologio (“ecology”) → ‎paleoekologio (“paleoecology”)

   ‎paleo- + ‎magnetismo (“magnetism”) → ‎paleomagnetismo (“paleomagnetism”)

   ‎paleo- + ‎grundo (“soil”) → ‎paleogrundo (“paleosol”)

Internationalism (see English paleo-), ultimately from Ancient Greek παλαιός (palaiós).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑleo-/, [ˈpɑ̝le̞o̞-]

paleo-

1. paleo-

• lepoa

• pale- (before a vowel)

paleo-

1. paleo-

• archeo- (“archaeo-”)

• opale

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek παλαιός (palaiós, “old”).

• Hyphenation: pa‧le‧o-

paleo-

1. paleo-

paleo-

1. paleo-

• “paleo-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

paleo-

1. paleo-; prehistoric, pertaining to paleontology