zooarchaeological

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-
Proto-Indo-European *gʷyéh₃-w-os
Proto-Hellenic *ďōwós
Ancient Greek ζωός (zōós)
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)?
Ancient Greek -ῐον (-ĭon)
Ancient Greek ζώϊον (zṓïon)
Ancient Greek ζῷον (zōîon)der.
English zoo-
Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō)
Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā)
Ancient Greek -η (-ē)
Ancient Greek ἀρχή (arkhḗ)
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Ancient Greek -ιος (-ios)
Ancient Greek ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos)
Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-
Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
Proto-Hellenic *-íā
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)
Ancient Greek -λογία (-logía)
Ancient Greek ἀρχαιολογίᾱ (arkhaiologíā)
English archaeology
English zooarchaeology
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ic
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
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Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
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Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
Middle English -ical
English -ical
English zooarchaeological
From zooarchaeology + -ical. By surface analysis, zoo- + archaeological.