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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A lexicographer or linguist who specializes in etymology (the origins of words)..
This was the first time that James had met with one of the bogus etymologists common at that period, who believed that the derivation of a word could be solved by finding any foreign word that sounded something like it.
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Etymologist means A lexicographer or linguist who specializes in etymology (the origins of words)..
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This was the first time that James had met with one of the bogus etymologists common at that period, who believed that the derivation of a word could be solved by finding any foreign word that sounded something like it.
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