paleo-
- the Old World: Paleotropical
- ancient, early, prehistoric, primitive: Paleozoic, Paleolithic
- involving or dealing with (specified) forms, conditions, phenomena, fossils, etc. of remote, esp. geologic, eras (the following words are examples of this use in compounds)
See paleo- in American Heritage Dictionary 4
or pale- or palaeo- or palae-
prefix- Ancient; prehistoric; old: paleobotany.
- Early; primitive: Paleozoic.
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