Etymologist

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  • noun. A specialist in etymology.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. One versed in etymology; one who specially studies, teaches, or writes the history of words; a historian of words.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One who investigates the derivation of words.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A lexicographer or linguist who specializes in etymology (the origins of words)
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  • noun. a lexicographer who specializes in etymology
    • Word Usage
    "Google agrees, an etymologist is an expert in language, which is kind of ironic."
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