etymologer

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noun

An etymologist.

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Meanings

nounetymologer (plural etymologers)

plural etymologers

  1. An etymologist.

    It is not improbable that, in some locality where tram-roads were a novelty, their name may have been associated in folk-etymology or by pre-scientific etymologers with that of the engineer.

    1926, James A.H. Murray, A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, volume X, part I, page 248, column 1

Origin

From Latin etymologus + -er.

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APA

etymologer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/etymologer

MLA

“etymologer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/etymologer. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “etymologer,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/etymologer.

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