Etymology

lexicologist

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Ancient Greek λεξικός
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromλεξικός“of words”
  2. English todaylexicologist

From Ancient Greek λεξικός (lexikós, “of words”), from λέξις (léxis, “a saying, speech, word”), from λέγειν (légein, “to speak”). By surface analysis, lexico- + -logist.

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