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Anthropology

2 stages from Greek to English.

Today it means the scientific study of human societies, cultures, and their development
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Stage 1 of 2
anthropos
Greek · ancient
"a human being"
a human being, combined with logos (study)
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Stage 2 of 2
anthropology
English · 1590s
"the study of human societies and cultures"
settled as the English word for the study of humankind
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