Etymology

Yamatologist

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Today it means: Synonym of Japanologist (“one who studies Japan, its language, culture and history”). Full definition →

Italian yamatologo
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The story

  1. Italian · calque ofyamatologo“Japanologist”
  2. English todayYamatologist

Calque of Italian yamatologo (“Japanologist”) when used by Italian speakers, from Yamato + -logist otherwise.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.