An etymologist is a person who studies etymology.
Etymology is an account of the
history of a particular word or element of a word.
Through old texts and comparisons with other languages, etymologists try to reconstruct the history of
words — when they entered a language, from what source, and how their form and meaning changed.
An Etymologist is different then a philologist, one who studies linguistics and etymology.
Beware, those who are nescient often misuse and mispronounce'entymology' which is actually the
study of insects!
(
et-uh-mol-uh-jist)
If you want to learn the origin of the word nescient, then you should consult an etymologist!
Denise: If we had resources available to
us, we could hire an etymologist to do our homework!
Kenny: Let's just log onto
youtube and watch HotForWords...
Denise: Isn't she a philologist?
