excavation
TOEFL発掘。考古学の講義で
意味
- 穴掘り;発掘
- (発掘された)遺跡
- ほら穴,切り通し,掘割り
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Latin excavātiō (“a hollowing out”), from excavō (“to hollow out”), from ex + cavō (“to hollow out”), from cavus (“hollow”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- (“vault, hole”). Equivalent to excavate + -ion.