The story
- New Latin · derived fromvocābulista“vocabulary”
- Middle French · derived fromvocabuliste
- English todayvocabulist
From Latin vocābulum (“vocable”) + -ist. In sense 3, probably after Middle French vocabuliste or its etymon New Latin vocābulista (“vocabulary”). With sense 1, compare French vocabuliste with the same meaning.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.