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philologist

noun (philologists)

«philologist» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

A philologist is a person who studies how languages developed and how words changed over time. tree →

In the lessons

in the lessons, a clever person who traces where a word came from, such as an old root meaning "to eat"

Examples

  • Some philologists study old words to learn where they came from. tree →
  • A philologist can tell how a word changed across many years. tree →
  • My aunt is a philologist who loves old languages. tree →

Note

nothing for maths

On Mova

This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/philologist/