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etymologists

etymologists is the plural of etymologist.

Meaning of etymologist

Noun

etymologist (plural etymologists)

  1. A lexicographer or linguist who specializes in etymology (the origins of words).
    • This was the first time that James had met with one of the bogus etymologists common at that period, who believed that the derivation of a word could be solved by finding any foreign word that sounded something like it.1977, K.M. Elizabeth Murray, Caught in the Web of Words, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 53

Phrases with etymologists

Questions about etymologists

What is etymologists the plural of?
Etymologists is the plural of etymologist.

Words near etymologists in the dictionary

  1. etymologises
  2. etymologising
  3. etymologism
  4. etymologisms
  5. etymologist
  6. etymologists
  7. etymologizable
  8. etymologization
  9. etymologizations
  10. etymologize
  11. etymologized

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