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Seismology

2 stages from Greek to English.

Today it means the scientific study of earthquakes and related phenomena
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Stage 1 of 2
seismos
Greek · ancient
"an earthquake, a shaking"
an earthquake, a shaking, combined with logos (study)
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Stage 2 of 2
seismology
English · 1858
"the scientific study of earthquakes"
coined for the scientific study of earthquakes
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