"etymologist" meaning in English

See etymologist in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˌet.ɪ.məˈlɒdʒ.ɪ.kəl/ [UK], /ˌet̬.ɪ.məˈlɑː.dʒɪ.kəl/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-etymologist.wav [UK] Forms: etymologist [singular], etymologists [plural]
Etymology: etymology + -ist Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|etymology|ist}} etymology + -ist Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. An etymologist is a person who studies the origin of words.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ist
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