anthropology
English
/ˌænθɹəˈpɒlədʒi/, /ˌænθɹəˈpɑːlədʒi/
noun
Definitions
- The holistic scientific and social study of humanity, mainly using ethnography as its method.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin anthropologia derived from Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος (man, human, mankind, humanity, person, human being), -λογία (speak, -logy, branch of study, study of, -logie).
Origin
Ancient Greek
-λογία
Gloss
speak, -logy, branch of study, study of, -logie
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
話
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -anthropy English
- Sahel English
- anthropologic English
- anthropological English
- anthropologically English
- anthropologist English
- astroanthropology English
- bioanthropological English
- bioanthropologist English
- bioanthropology English
- biological English
- biological anthropology English
- cyberanthropology English
- ethnoanthropological English
- ethnoanthropology English
- linguistic English
- linguistic anthropology English
- nonanthropological English
- nonanthropologist English
- palaeanthropology English
- palaeoanthropological English
- palaeoanthropology English
- paleoanthropologist English
- paleoanthropology English
- palæoanthropologist English
- physical English
- physical anthropology English
- socioanthropological English
- socioanthropologist English
- socioanthropology English
- therianthrope English
- xenoanthropology English
- -loginen Finnish
- -logia Latin
- anthropologia Latin
- culina Latin
- pulmō Latin
- terminus Latin
- virus Latin
- ἄνθρωπος Latin
- –anthropus Latin
- Anthropologie German
- -lógia Hungarian
- antropológia Hungarian
- antropológiai Hungarian
- antropológiák Hungarian
- antropo- Italian
- -oloog Dutch, Flemish
- antropologie Dutch, Flemish
- antropoloog Dutch, Flemish
- антрополо́гия Russian
- antropo- Spanish, Castilian
- -λογία Ancient Greek
- λυκάνθρωπος Ancient Greek
- λόγος Ancient Greek
- στόμα Ancient Greek
- τέχνη Ancient Greek
- ψυχή Ancient Greek
- ἀνθρωποφάγος Ancient Greek
- ἀνθρωπόλογος Ancient Greek
- ἀνθρώπινος Ancient Greek
- ἄνθρωπος Ancient Greek
- ἔντερον Ancient Greek
- ἔντομον Ancient Greek
- ὀλιγανθρωπία Ancient Greek
- *h₃ókʷs Proto-Indo-European
- *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- -logi Norwegian Bokmål
- -logia Portuguese
- antropo- Portuguese
- -logi Norwegian Nynorsk
- antrapa- Irish
- antropomorf Danish
- antropo- Czech
- -logija Serbo-Croatian
- -логија Serbo-Croatian
- άνθρωπος Greek (modern)
- ανθρωπο- Greek (modern)
- antropologi Indonesian
- ekologi Indonesian
- ־לוגיה Hebrew (modern)
- -логија Macedonian
- Sahel
- physical
- -anthropy
- linguistic
- biological
- anthropologic
- therianthrope
- anthropologist
- anthropological
- bioanthropology
- xenoanthropology
- anthropologically
- nonanthropologist
- astroanthropology
- cyberanthropology
- bioanthropologist
- palaeanthropology
- ethnoanthropology
- paleoanthropology
- socioanthropology
- nonanthropological
- palaeoanthropology
- bioanthropological
- socioanthropologist
- palæoanthropologist
- paleoanthropologist
- socioanthropological
- ethnoanthropological
- palaeoanthropological
- physical anthropology
- linguistic anthropology
- biological anthropology