etymologist

English

Etymology

From etymology +‎ -ist.

Noun

etymologist (plural etymologists)

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

Derived terms

folk etymologist

Related terms

Translations

person who specializes in etymology

Armenian: ստուգաբան (hy) (stugaban)
Belarusian: этымо́лаг m (etymólah)
Catalan: etimòleg m, etimòloga f, etimologista m or f
Czech: etymolog (cs) m
Danish: etymolog c
Finnish: etymologi (fi)
French: étymologiste (fr) m or f
German: Etymologe (de) m
Greek: ετυμολόγος (el) m or f (etymológos)
Hungarian: etimológus (hu)
Icelandic: orðsifjafræðingur m
Italian: etimologista (it) m or f, etimologo (it) m, etimologa (it) f
Korean: 어원학자(語源學者) (eowonhakja)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: etîmolog (ku)
Latvian: etimologs m, etimoloģe f
Macedonian: етимолог m (etimolog)
Manx: bun-ockleyder m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: etymolog m

Nynorsk: etymolog m
Polish: etymolog (pl) m, etymolożka (pl) f
Portuguese: etimólogo (pt) m, etimologista m or f
Romanian: etimolog (ro) m, etimologist (ro) m
Russian: этимо́лог (ru) (etimólog)
Serbo-Croatian: etimòlog (sh) m
Slovak: etymológ (sk) m, etymologička (sk) f
Spanish: etimologista m or f, etimólogo m
Swedish: etymolog (sv) c
Turkish: etimolog (tr)
Ukrainian: етимо́лог m (etymóloh)

Dutch

Etymology

Perhaps borrowed from French étymologiste. Equivalent to etymologie +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌeː.ti.moː.loːˈɣɪst/
Hyphenation: ety‧mo‧lo‧gist
Rhymes: -ɪst

Noun

etymologist m (plural etymologisten)

(dated, rare) etymologist [early 18th–mid-20th c.]
Synonym: etymoloog

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