| 释义 |
pale-
combining form
or paleo- or palae- or palaeo- also palaio-
Etymology: Greek palai-, palaio-, from palaios old, ancient, from palai long ago; akin to Greek tēle far, far off, Sanskrit carama last, outermost
1.
a. : remote in point of time
< Paleocene >
b. : involving ancient forms or conditions
< paleoclimate >
c. : of ancient origin : ancestral
< Paleo-Eskimo >
d. : dealing with ancient or fossil forms
< paleobotany >
2. : early : primitive : archaic
< paleoanthropic >
< palaeotypography >
3. : Old World
< Paleotropical >
4. : of pre-Tertiary origin — in names of minerals
< paleopicrite > |