etymologer

English

Etymology

From Latin etymologus +‎ -er.[1]

Noun

etymologer (plural etymologers)

An etymologist.
- 1926, James A.H. Murray, A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, volume X, part I, page 248, column 1:
  It is not improbable that, in some locality where tram-roads were a novelty, their name may have been associated in folk-etymology or by pre-scientific etymologers with that of the engineer.

References

“etymologer, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

etymologer m

indefinite plural of etymolog

Swedish

Noun

etymologer

indefinite plural of etymolog

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