"ichthyologist" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ichthyologist.wav [Southern-England] Forms: ichthyologists [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree English ichthyology Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English ichthyologist From ichthyology + -ist. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|ichthyology|-ist|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English ichthyology Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English ichthyologist [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent nouns", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "verbal", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-id-", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yéti", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-idyéti", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*-íďďō", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-ῐ́ζω", "lang" : "grc" }, { "id" : "agent nouns", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "redlink", "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*-tās", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-τής", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-ῐστής", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ista", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-iste", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ist", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ist", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "ichthyologist", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="ichthyologist"> From ichthyology + -ist. Head templates: {{en-noun}} ichthyologist (plural ichthyologists)
  1. An expert in ichthyology: one who studies fishes. [from 18th c.] Derived forms: palaeoichthyologist, paleoichthyologist Translations (expert in ichthyology): ձկնաբան (jknaban) (Armenian), ictiólogu [masculine] (Asturian), ictiòleg [masculine] (Catalan), ictiòloga [feminine] (Catalan), iĥtiologo (Esperanto), iktiologo (Esperanto), iktyologi (Finnish), ichthyologue [feminine, masculine] (French), ichtyologue [feminine, masculine] (French), ictiólogo [masculine] (Galician), Ichthyologe [masculine] (German), Ichthyologin [feminine] (German), Fischkundler [masculine] (German), Fischkundlerin [feminine] (German), fiskifræðingur [masculine] (Icelandic), ittiologo [masculine] (Italian), ittiologa [feminine] (Italian), ихтиоло́г (ihtiológ) [masculine] (Macedonian), ictiològ [masculine] (Occitan), ichtiolog [feminine, masculine] (Polish), ictiólogo (Portuguese), ihtiolog [masculine] (Romanian), ihtiologă [feminine] (Romanian), ихтио́лог (ixtiólog) [masculine] (Russian), ictiólogo [masculine] (Spanish), iktyolog [common-gender] (Swedish), ihtiyolog (Turkish), fitavan [feminine, masculine] (Volapük), hifitavan [masculine] (Volapük), jifitavan [feminine] (Volapük)

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