petrologist en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English petrology 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 petrologist From petrology + -ist.
Meanings
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A geologist who specializes in petrology.
As Kirkpatrick worked, Otto Hahn - an intensely patriotic German lawyer and amateur petrologist turned Swedenborgian who believed life originated in outer space - was spending long hours staring down his microscope at what he took to be the fossilised remnants of algae.
2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 76:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| petrologists | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (1)
ru петро́лог (petrological scientist)