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A lexicographer or linguist who specializes in etymology (the origins of words).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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a lexicographer who specializes in etymology
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: lexicographer, lexicologist
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *set-? Ancient Greek ἐτεός (eteós)der.? Ancient Greek ἔτυμος (étumos) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- 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 *-íďďō 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.
Across languages
Translations
43 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Armenian:
ստուգաբան
(stugaban)
— person who specializes in etymology
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Belarusian:
этымо́лаг
(etymólah)
— person who specializes in etymology
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Bulgarian:
етимолог
(etimolog)
— person who specializes in etymology
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Catalan:
etimòleg
— person who specializes in etymology
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Catalan:
etimòloga
— person who specializes in etymology
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Catalan:
etimologista
— person who specializes in etymology
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Chinese Mandarin:
詞源學家 /词源学家
— person who specializes in etymology
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Czech:
etymolog
— person who specializes in etymology
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Danish:
etymolog
— person who specializes in etymology
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Finnish:
etymologi
— person who specializes in etymology
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French:
étymologiste
— person who specializes in etymology
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German:
Etymologe
— person who specializes in etymology
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Greek:
ετυμολόγος
(etymológos)
— person who specializes in etymology
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Hungarian:
etimológus
— person who specializes in etymology
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Icelandic:
orðsifjafræðingur
— person who specializes in etymology
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Italian:
etimologista
— person who specializes in etymology
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Italian:
etimologo
— person who specializes in etymology
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Italian:
etimologa
— person who specializes in etymology
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Korean:
어원학자
(eowonhakja)
— person who specializes in etymology
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Northern Kurdish:
etîmolog
— person who specializes in etymology
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Latvian:
etimologs
— person who specializes in etymology
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Latvian:
etimoloģe
— person who specializes in etymology
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Macedonian:
етимолог
(etimolog)
— person who specializes in etymology
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Manx:
bun-ockleyder
— person who specializes in etymology
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Norwegian Bokmål:
etymolog
— person who specializes in etymology
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
etymolog
— person who specializes in etymology
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Polish:
etymolog
— person who specializes in etymology
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Polish:
etymolożka
— person who specializes in etymology
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Portuguese:
etimólogo
— person who specializes in etymology
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Portuguese:
etimologista
— person who specializes in etymology
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Romanian:
etimolog
— person who specializes in etymology
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Romanian:
etimologist
— person who specializes in etymology
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Russian:
этимо́лог
(etimólog)
— person who specializes in etymology
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Serbo-Croatian:
etimòlog
— person who specializes in etymology
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Slovak:
etymológ
— person who specializes in etymology
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Slovak:
etymologička
— person who specializes in etymology
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Slovene:
etimolog
— person who specializes in etymology
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Slovene:
etimologinja
— person who specializes in etymology
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Spanish:
etimologista
— person who specializes in etymology
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Spanish:
etimólogo
— person who specializes in etymology
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Swedish:
etymolog
— person who specializes in etymology
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Turkish:
etimolog
— person who specializes in etymology
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Ukrainian:
етимо́лог
(etymóloh)
— person who specializes in etymology