Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

archivist

/ˈɑː(ɹ)kɪvɪst/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.80 in modern English

Syllables: ar-chiv-ist
IPA: /ˈɑː(ɹ)kɪvɪst/

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who is in charge of, or performs the task of creating, collecting, cataloguing and organising archives.

Example Sentences

"The billionaire’s will established a trust to create a staff of archivists that would chronicle and preserve his rise to prominence."

Etymology

Etymology tree English archive 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 archivist From archive + -ist.

Inflected Forms

archivists (plural)

Synonyms

archiver historian librarian preservationist recordkeeper scribe

Questions

How do you pronounce archivist?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɑː(ɹ)kɪvɪst/.
What does archivist mean?: One who is in charge of, or performs the task of creating, collecting, cataloguing and organising archives.
Where does archivist come from?: Etymology tree English archive 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 archivist From archive + -ist.

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