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etymologer

etymologer noun: an etymologist.

Noun

etymologer (plural etymologers)

  1. An etymologist.
    • It is not improbable that, in some locality where tram-roads were a novelty, their name may have been associated in folk-etymology or by pre-scientific etymologers with that of the engineer.1926, James A.H. Murray, A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, volume X, part I, page 248, column 1

Forms of etymologer

pluraletymologers

Origin of etymologer

From Latin etymologus + -er.

Questions about etymologer

What does etymologer mean?
Etymologer means an etymologist.
What part of speech is etymologer?
Etymologer is a noun.
What is the plural of etymologer?
The plural of etymologer is etymologers.

Words near etymologer in the dictionary

  1. etymic
  2. etymo-
  3. etymographic
  4. etymography
  5. etymol.
  6. etymologer
  7. etymologers
  8. etymologic
  9. etymological
  10. etymological argument
  11. etymological arguments

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