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et·y·mol·o·gist
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Princeton's WordNet
etymologistnoun
a lexicographer who specializes in etymology
Wiktionary
etymologistnoun
A lexicographer or linguist who specializes in etymology (the origins of words)
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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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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
Etymologistnoun
one who investigates the derivation of words
Etymology: [Cf. F. tymologiste.]
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The numerical value of etymologist in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
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The numerical value of etymologist in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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- etymologCzech
- EtymologeGerman
- ετυμολόγοςGreek
- etimologistaSpanish
- etymologiFinnish
- étymologisteFrench
- bun-ockleyderManx
- ստուգաբանArmenian
- orðsifjafræðingurIcelandic
- etimologo, etimologa, etimologistaItalian
- 어원학자Korean
- etymologistLatin
- etimologs, etimoloģeLatvian
- etymologNorwegian
- etymologistDutch
- etymologNorwegian Nynorsk
- etimólogo, etimologistaPortuguese
- этимо́логRussian
- etimòlogSerbo-Croatian
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