Etymology

annalist

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Today it means: A writer of annals; a chronicler; a historian. Full definition →

French annaliste
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  1. French · borrowed fromannaliste
  2. English todayannalist

Borrowed from French annaliste, equivalent to annal + -ist.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.