palaetiology Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the explanation of past events in terms of scientific causes (as geological causes)
    paletiology.

WordNet

Pa*læ`ti*ol"o*gy noun (Also<
  • Palaetiology
  • Palætiology
)
Etymology
Palæo- + ætiology.
Definitions
  1. The science which explains, by the law of causation, the past condition and changes of the earth. -- Pa*læ`ti*o*log"ic*al a.

Webster 1913