- 看过 etymologist 的人也看了 :
- origin
- development
- derivation
- source
- root
- etymon
etymologist 的定义
plural et·y·mol·o·gies.
- the derivation of a word.
- a chronological account of the birth and development of a particular word or element of a word, often delineating its spread from one language to another and its evolving changes in form and meaning.
- the study of historical linguistic change, especially as manifested in individual words.
etymologist 近义词
等同于 lexicographer
更多etymologist例句
- Languages of this latter kind are of subordinate value to the Etymologist.
- But Horne Tooke, in his zeal as an etymologist, forgot altogether to attend to the construction of the passage.
- The etymologist finds the deadest word to have been once a brilliant picture.
- I will now give a few examples of the way in which the study of semantics helps the etymologist.
- The etymologist must either be an antiquary or must know where to go for sound antiquarian information.