English adds the person-forming suffix -ist to etymology.
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etymologist
a specialist in etymology
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedPresent-Day English · late 14th c.–todayetymology
the history and origin of a word
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The discipline name becomes the title of a specialist who studies word histories.
The sources report different surviving-use horizons: 1604 and the 1630s.
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Etymologist — Merriam-Webster.com DictionaryHeadword formation and definition
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Defines the specialist and dates the first-known-use horizon to 1604.
Etymologist — Online Etymology Dictionary1630s; etymology + -ist
contextAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Independently supplies the productive English formation and a later source horizon.
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