Synonyms for etymologist
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : et-uh-mol-uh-jee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌɛt əˈmɒl ə dʒi |
Top 10 synonyms for etymologist
Définition of etymologist
Origin :- 1630s; see etymology + -ist. Also etymologer (1640s).
- As in lexicographer : noun dictionary writer
- 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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