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etymologist en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *set-? Ancient Greek ἐτεός (eteós)der.? Ancient Greek ἔτυμος (étumos) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *lóǵos Proto-Hellenic *lógos Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Ancient Greek -λογος (-logos) Ancient Greek ἐτῠμόλογος (etŭmólogos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek ἐτῠμολογῐ́ᾱ (etŭmologĭ́ā)bor. Latin etymologiader. Old French ethimologiebor. Middle English ethymologie English etymology Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English etymologist From etymology + -ist. By surface analysis, etymo- + -logist.

Meanings

1. A lexicographer or linguist who specializes in etymology (the origins of words).
   • This was the first time that James had met with one of the bogus etymologists common at that period, who believed that the derivation of a word could be solved by finding any foreign word that sounded something like it. 1977, K.M. Elizabeth Murray, Caught in the Web of Words, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 53:

Forms

Deriveds

folk etymologist

Relateds

etymon · etymological · etymologize · etymology

Translations (46)

sv etymolog (person who specializes in etymology) · es etimólogo (person who specializes in etymology) · sh etimòlog (person who specializes in etymology) · uk етимо́лог (person who specializes in etymology) · it etimologista (person who specializes in etymology) · la etymologus (person who specializes in etymology) · el ετυμολόγος (person who specializes in etymology) · fi etymologi (person who specializes in etymology) · lv etimoloģe (person who specializes in etymology) · sk etymologička (person who specializes in etymology) · kmr etîmolog (person who specializes in etymology) · pl etymolożka (person who specializes in etymology) · es etimologista (person who specializes in etymology) · is orðsifjafræðingur (person who specializes in etymology) · be этымо́лаг (person who specializes in etymology) · ru этимо́лог (person who specializes in etymology) · fr étymologiste (person who specializes in etymology) · it etimologo (person who specializes in etymology) · da etymolog (person who specializes in etymology) · fr étymologue (person who specializes in etymology) · gv bun-ockleyder (person who specializes in etymology) · de Etymologe (person who specializes in etymology) · ca etimòloga (person who specializes in etymology) · hu etimológus (person who specializes in etymology) · it etimologa (person who specializes in etymology) · pt etimólogo (person who specializes in etymology) · ro etimologist (person who specializes in etymology) · sk etymológ (person who specializes in etymology) · ro etimolog (person who specializes in etymology) · ko 어원학자 (person who specializes in etymology) · hy ստուգաբան (person who specializes in etymology) · mk етимолог (person who specializes in etymology) · ca etimologista (person who specializes in etymology) · pl etymolog (person who specializes in etymology) · ca etimòleg (person who specializes in etymology) · sl etimologinja (person who specializes in etymology) · tr etimolog (person who specializes in etymology) · sl etimolog (person who specializes in etymology) · nb etymolog (person who specializes in etymology) · lv etimologs (person who specializes in etymology) · cmn 詞源學家 /词源学家 (person who specializes in etymology) · pt etimologista (person who specializes in etymology) · bg етимолог (person who specializes in etymology) · la etymologos (person who specializes in etymology) · cs etymolog (person who specializes in etymology) · nn etymolog (person who specializes in etymology)