Associations to the word «Etymologist» - Word Associations Network

Noun

Derivation
Etymology
Meaning
Dictionary
Origin
Webster
Phrase
Word
Barry
Greek
Physician
Language
Oxford
Lewis
Term
Name
Professor
Element
Thomas
Century
William

Adjective

Root
Latin
English
Amateur
Suggested
Folk
According
Modern
Roman

Verb

Derive
Puzzle
Suggest
Consider
Refer
Believe

Adverb

Originally

Wiktionary

ETYMOLOGIST, noun. A lexicographer or linguist who specializes in etymology (the origins of words)

Dictionary definition

ETYMOLOGIST, noun. A lexicographer who specializes in etymology.

Wise words

Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had this power.

Amy Tan