ETYMOLOGIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does etymologist mean? 

• ETYMOLOGIST (noun)
  The noun ETYMOLOGIST has 1 sense:

1. a lexicographer who specializes in etymology

  Familiarity information: ETYMOLOGIST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ETYMOLOGIST (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)