paleontologist en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree English paleontology 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 paleontologist From paleontology + -ist.
Meanings
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One who studies paleontology.
In the late nineteenth century, paleontologists began to catalog the many curious correspondences exhibited by fossils gathered on different continents.
2014, Elizabeth Kolbert, The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, Picador, →ISBN, page 197:An alternative approach is to break down cultures into ab- stract elements and to establish, between elements of the same type in different cultures, rather than between cultures themselves, the same kind of relationships of historical descent and progressive differentiation which the paleontologist sees in the evolution of species.
1963, Claude Lévy-Strauss, Structural Anthropology, New York: Basic Books, page 4:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| palæontologist | alternative, dated | lexicographic | |
| paleontologists | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| palaeontologist | Commonwealth, alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (47)
de Paläontologin (one who studies paleontology) · fr paléontologue (one who studies paleontology) · cs paleontolog (one who studies paleontology) · lv paleontoloģe (one who studies paleontology) · ru палеонто́лог (one who studies paleontology) · nl paleontologe (one who studies paleontology) · af paleontoloog (one who studies paleontology) · bg палеонтолог (one who studies paleontology) · ro paleontolog (one who studies paleontology) · pt paleontólogo (one who studies paleontology) · gl paleontólogo (one who studies paleontology) · nl paleontoloog (one who studies paleontology) · fi paleontologi (one who studies paleontology) · ast paleontólogu (one who studies paleontology) · sh палеонто̀лог (one who studies paleontology) · vo hifösilavan (one who studies paleontology) · yi פּאַלעאָנטאָלאָג (one who studies paleontology) · fr paléontologiste (one who studies paleontology) · eo paleontologo (one who studies paleontology) · de Paläontologe (one who studies paleontology) · hu paleontológus (one who studies paleontology) · vo jifösilavan (one who studies paleontology) · uk палеонтологиня (one who studies paleontology) · sh paleontòlog (one who studies paleontology) · pl paleontolog (one who studies paleontology) · lv paleontologs (one who studies paleontology) · cmn 古生物學家 /古生物学家 (one who studies paleontology) · pt paleontóloga (one who studies paleontology) · pt paleontologista (one who studies paleontology) · is steingervingafræðingur (one who studies paleontology) · ca paleontòleg (one who studies paleontology) · it paleontologa (one who studies paleontology) · yi פּאַלעאָנטאָלאָגין (one who studies paleontology) · ka პალეონტოლოგი (one who studies paleontology) · hi जीवाश्मविज्ञानी (one who studies paleontology) · tr paleontolojist (one who studies paleontology) · es paleontólogo (one who studies paleontology) · it paleontologo (one who studies paleontology) · hu őslénykutató (one who studies paleontology) · uk палеонтолог (one who studies paleontology) · hy հնէաբան (one who studies paleontology) · vo fösilavan (one who studies paleontology) · mi tohunga mātātoka (one who studies paleontology) · oc paleontològ (one who studies paleontology) · sv paleontolog (one who studies paleontology) · es paleontóloga (one who studies paleontology) · sw mwanapaleontolojia (one who studies paleontology)