Archaeology
‘the science of antiquities’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. archaeologie, archaiology, archeology, archiology < F. archéologie < Gk. arkhaiologia ‘the study of ancient things’ < arkhaios ‘ancient, primeval’ < arkhē ‘beginning’ < arkhein ‘to be the first’ < aak < Tamil aracaṉ