paleo-

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

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

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

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• (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): (Central) [pəˌle.u]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pəˌle.o]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [paˌle.o]

(attracts secondary stress)

paleo-

1. paleo-, old

   Antonym: neo-

• “paleo-”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.

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. (chiefly in loanwords) 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-

• IPA^(key): /paleo/ [pa.le.o]
• Syllabification: pa‧le‧o-

paleo-

1. paleo-

• “paleo-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

paleo-

1. paleo-; prehistoric, pertaining to paleontology