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Synonyms for etymologist


Grammar : Noun
Spell : et-uh-mol-uh-jee
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɛt əˈmɒl ə dʒi

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Définition of etymologist

Origin :
  • 1630s; see etymology + -ist. Also etymologer (1640s).
  • As in lexicographer : noun dictionary writer
Example sentences :
  • Languages of this latter kind are of subordinate value to the Etymologist.
  • Extract from : « Opuscula » by Robert Gordon Latham
  • Tito told a tale in a jargon which only an etymologist could have sifted into words.
  • Extract from : « Fairfax and His Pride » by Marie Van Vorst
  • It is presumed, however, on grounds that satisfy the etymologist.
  • Extract from : « The English Language » by Robert Gordon Latham
  • No etymologist could have accounted for the name of our nation had he not had recourse to our annals.
  • Extract from : « Amenities of Literature » by Isaac Disraeli
  • I am not enough of an etymologist to give you the root of the word "noise."
  • Extract from : « Notes & Queries, No. 30. Saturday, May 25, 1850 » by Various
  • The etymologist clears all those fences for you and delivers a word fresh into your hands.
  • Extract from : « The Critical Game » by John Albert Macy
  • Not one of our greatest explorers has unearthed more splendid palaces, than the etymologist.
  • Extract from : « Thoughts on Life and Religion » by Friedrich Max Mller
  • He had no desire to be a poet, an Indo-Iranian etymologist, a lecturer to women's clubs, or the secretary of state.
  • Extract from : « Free Air » by Sinclair Lewis
  • The doom of the etymologist, so often duped by affinity of sounds, seems to have been that of our judicious Camden.
  • Extract from : « Amenities of Literature » by Isaac Disraeli
  • It has given us glimpses of the workshop of the archaeologist, the anthropologist, and the etymologist.
  • Extract from : « Mazes and Labyrinths » by W. H. Matthews
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