ETYMOLOGIST

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A lexicographer who specializes in etymology

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("etymologist" is a kind of...):

lexicographer; lexicologist (a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language)

Derivation:

etymology (the study of the sources and development of words)

etymology (a history of a word)

Credits