Etymology

folklorist

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Today it means: A person who studies or collects folklore Full definition →

English folklore ← Middle English lore ← Old English lār
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic*fulkaz
  2. Proto-Germanic*fulką
  3. Proto-West Germanic*folk
  4. Old Englishfolc
  5. Middle Englishfolk
  6. Englishfolk
  7. Proto-Indo-European*leys-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*(le-)lóys-e
  9. Proto-Germanic*lizaną
  10. Proto-Germanic*laizijaną
  11. Proto-Germanic*laizō
  12. Proto-West Germanic*laiʀu
  13. Old Englishlār
  14. Middle Englishlore
  15. Englishlore
  16. Englishfolklore
  17. English todayfolklorist

From folklore + -ist.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.