etymologist
noun[C]
uk/ˌet.ɪˈmɒl.ə.dʒɪst/us/ˌet̬.ɪˈmɑː.lə.dʒɪst/apersonwhostudiestheoriginandhistoryof words:
词源学家He wasknownas an etymologist as well as for hispoetry.他以作为一名词源学家和诗人而闻名。
Thetaskofouretymologist is todeterminetheearliestrecordedoccurrenceof a word.我们的词源学家的任务是确定一个单词最早出现的记录。
See
etymology
- He was thechiefetymologist for thedictionary.
- Theorganizationincludeslinguists,lexicographers, etymologists,grammarians, andothers.
- An etymologist cananswerquestionsof wordoriginand also of why a word hascertainspellings andusages.
Linguistic terms & linguistic style
- affricate
- allophone
- allophony
- anaphor
- anaphora
- chatty
- colloquial
- distributive
- double entendre
- downtoner
- emphatic
- entailment
- etymological
- flowery
- oxymoron
- philological
- polysemy
- portmanteau word
- prescriptivism
- prescriptivist