the study of the culture, history, and archaeological remains of ancient Assyria
Derived forms
Assyriologist (Asˌsyriˈologist)
noun
Assyriology in American English
(əˌsɪriˈɑlədʒi)
noun
the study of the civilization of ancient Assyria
Derived forms
Assyriologist (Asˌsyriˈologist)
noun
Assyriology in American English
(əˌsɪəriˈɑlədʒi)
noun
the study of the history, language, etc., of the ancient Assyrians
Derived forms
Assyriological (əˌsɪəriəˈlɑdʒɪkəl)
adjective
Assyriologist
noun
Word origin
[1820–30; assyri(a) + -o- + -logy]This word is first recorded in the period 1820–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: analogue, blouse, boomerang, myth, phonetic-o- is the typical ending of the first element of compounds of Greek origin (as -i- is, in compounds of Latin origin), used regularly in forming new compounds with elementsof Greek origin and often used in English as a connective irrespective of etymology(Franco-Italian; geography; seriocomic; speedometer); -logy is a combining form used in the names of sciences or bodies of knowledge. Other wordsthat use the affix -logy include: anthropology, ethnology, methodology, reflexology, tropology