etiologist

noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey-der. Ancient Greek αἰτῐ́ᾱ (aitĭ́ā) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā) Ancient Greek αἰτῐολογῐ́ᾱ (aitĭologĭ́ā)der. Latin aetiologiabor. English etiology Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)der. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English etiologist From etiology + -ist. By surface analysis, etio- + -logist.

  1. derived from -istebor
  2. derived from -istader
  3. derived from aetiologiabor
  4. derived from *h₂ey-der

Definitions

  1. A practitioner of etiology.

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