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Meaning of etymologist | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Čeština etymolog
Deutsch Etymologe
Ελληνικά ετυμολόγος
Suomi etymologi
Français étymologiste
한국어 어원학자
Русский этимо́лог
Svenska etymolog
Türkçe etimolog
Українська етимолог

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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