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Webster 1913 Edition

Etymologist

Etˊy-mol′o-gist

(ĕtˊĭ-mŏl′ō̍-jĭst)

,

Noun.

[Cf. F.

étymologiste

.]

One who investigates the derivation of words.

Webster 1828 Edition

Etymologist

ETYMOL'OGIST

,

Noun.

One versed in etymology or the deduction of words from their originals; one who searches into the original of words.

Definition 2024

etymologist

etymologist

English

Noun

etymologist ‎(plural etymologists)

A lexicographer or linguist who specializes in etymology (the origins of words)

Related terms

Translations

person who specializes in etymology

Armenian: ստուգաբան (hy) ‎(stugaban)
Catalan: etimòleg m, etimòloga f, etimologista m, f
Czech: etymolog (cs) m
Finnish: etymologi (fi)
French: étymologiste (fr) m, f
German: Etymologe (de) m
Greek: ετυμολόγος (el) m, f ‎(etymológos)
Icelandic: orðsifjafræðingur m
Italian: etimologista (it) m, f, etimologo (it) m, etimologa (it) f
Korean: 어원학자 ‎(語源學者, eowonhakja)

Kurdish: etîmolog (ku)
Latvian: etimologs m, etimoloģe f
Manx: bun-ockleyder m
Norwegian:

Bokmål: etymolog m

Nynorsk: etymolog m
Portuguese: etimólogo (pt) m, etimologista m, f
Russian: этимо́лог (ru) ‎(etimólog)
Serbo-Croatian: etimòlog (sh) m
Slovak: etymológ (sk) m, etymologička (sk) f
Spanish: etimologista m, f