Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chimist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: chimist
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone who plays the chimes.

Etymology

Etymology tree English chime 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 chimist From chime + -ist.

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Chemistry.

Inflected Forms

chimists (plural)

Questions

What does chimist mean?: Someone who plays the chimes.
Where does chimist come from?: Etymology tree English chime 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 chimist From chime + -ist.

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