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etymologist

/et-uh-mol-uh-jee/US // ˌɛt əˈmɒl ə dʒi //UK // (ˌɛtɪˈmɒlədʒɪ) //

词源学家,字源学家,词源学家,词汇学家

Related Words

origin起源,缘起,来源,原产地development发展,开发,发展情况derivation衍生,衍生品,衍生产品,导出source来源,消息来源,源,资料来源root根,根基,根源,根部etymon本义词,本义,字母,本名

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    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.

Synonyms & Antonyms

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Synonyms
linguist语言学家,语言学者,语言学家,语言工作者wordsmith文字工作者,文字学家,话语权,话语者glossarist词汇学家,词汇学家,词汇员,润色师lexicologist词汇学家,词汇学家,词学家,词学专家philologist语言学家,语文学家,文字学家,语言学家phonetician语音学家,语音师,录音师,注音师phonologist语音学家,语音学家,语音师,语音专家polyglot多语言者,多语言,多语种,多国语言definer定义者,定义器,定语者,定语人dictionarist字典家,词典员,字典学家,辞书家dictionary editor词典编辑,字典编辑,辞典编辑,词典编辑器dictionary maker词典编纂者,词典制作者,词典编撰者,词典编制者glossarian词汇学,词汇学家,词汇表,术语glossographer词汇学家,词汇学家,文字学家,词汇学专家glossologist语言学家,词汇学家,词汇学家,口语学家glottologist喉舌学家,喉科医生,喉舌专家,喉管学家lexicographist词汇学家,辞书家,词汇学家,词典员philologer语言学家,文字学家,文学家,语言学家philologian文学家,语言学家,文字学家,文学家phoneticist语音学家,语音师,注音师,语音识别师vocabulist词汇学家,词汇学家,词汇专家,词汇员

Examples

  • 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.

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