Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A specialist in etymology.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One versed in etymology; one who specially studies, teaches, or writes the history of words; a historian of words.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who investigates the derivation of words.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
lexicographer orlinguist whospecializes inetymology (theorigins ofwords )
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a lexicographer who specializes in etymology
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Examples
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Google agrees, an etymologist is an expert in language, which is kind of ironic.
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Interesting also, that Ehrlich was not an economist, agronomist or even demographer but rather an etymologist, an expert in insect biology.
A Dickens Of A Debate Between Mr. Scrooge And Mr. Say Jerry Bowyer 2011
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I would have solved the problem by demonstrating that the use of the term “etymologist” was intentional, as follows:
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Hmmm, if your editor cant differentiate between entomologist and etymologist then I think you need to scale his powers back a bit.
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Interesting also, that Ehrlich was not an economist, agronomist or even demographer but rather an etymologist, an expert in insect biology.
A Dickens Of A Debate Between Mr. Scrooge And Mr. Say Jerry Bowyer 2011
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I guess that's just another example of the wild and unpredictable world of the etymologist.
Bill Chameides: On Words: 'Global Warming' Meets Astrology Bill Chameides 2010
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I guess that's just another example of the wild and unpredictable world of the etymologist.
Bill Chameides: On Words: 'Global Warming' Meets Astrology Bill Chameides 2010
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Breaking from TheGreenGrok formula of sharp, cutting-edge pieces on the environment, let's discuss words -- let us surreptitiously slip into the world of the etymologist for a few minutes.
Bill Chameides: On Words: 'Global Warming' Meets Astrology Bill Chameides 2010
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The verb mṛṇā́ti 'crushes, grinds' is always available to the Sanskrit etymologist but a verb root paralleling Greek marmáirein 'to shine' is absent.
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Breaking from TheGreenGrok formula of sharp, cutting-edge pieces on the environment, let's discuss words -- let us surreptitiously slip into the world of the etymologist for a few minutes.
Bill Chameides: On Words: 'Global Warming' Meets Astrology Bill Chameides 2010
john commented on the word etymologist
Someone who studies the origins of words. Not to be confused with an entomologist.
December 24, 2006