laryngologist
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.01 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A person who studies or specializes in laryngology; a subspeciality of otorhinolaryngology.
Etymology
Etymology tree English laryngo- Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English -logist English laryngologist From laryngo- + -logist.