historicaster

noun
/hɪstɒɹɪˈkæstə/UK/ˌhɪstɔɹəˈkæstəɹ/US

Etymology

From Latin historicus (“historical”) + -aster (suffix denoting incomplete or partial resemblance, and hence sometimes having a derogatory connotation). Historicus is derived from historia (“history”) + -icus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives), and is modelled after Ancient Greek ῐ̔στορῐκός (hĭstorĭkós, “historical”), from Ancient Greek ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ (hĭstorĭ́ā, “systematic observation, inquiry; knowledge or written account of such an inquiry”) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ (Hĭstorĭ́ā) is from ῐ̔στορέω (hĭstoréō, “to ask, inquire; to examine, observe; to record”) (from ῐ̔́στωρ (hĭ́stōr, “one who knows law and right, judge; wise man; witness”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see”)) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns).

  1. derived from *weyd- — “to see
  2. derived from ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ — “systematic observation, inquiry; knowledge or written account of such an inquiry
  3. derived from ῐ̔στορῐκός — “historical
  4. derived from historicus — “historical

Definitions

  1. Synonym of historiaster (“an inferior historian”).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for historicaster. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA