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Princeton's WordNet

  1. etymologistnoun

    a lexicographer who specializes in etymology

Wiktionary

  1. etymologistnoun

    A lexicographer or linguist who specializes in etymology (the origins of words)

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Etymologistnoun

    One who searches out the original of words; one who shows the derivation of words from their original.

    Etymology: from etymology.

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  1. etymologist

    An etymologist is a scholar or expert who studies the origin and historical development of words and their meanings, often tracing them back to their earliest known forms and languages. This includes analyzing how words have changed in form and meaning over time, and how they have entered one language from others.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Etymologistnoun

    one who investigates the derivation of words

  2. Etymology: [Cf. F. tymologiste.]

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of etymologist in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of etymologist in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7


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