Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

epistemologist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.07 in modern English

Syllables: epis-te-mol-o-gist
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person, especially a philosopher, who studies theory of knowledge.

Etymology

Etymology tree English epistemology 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 epistemologist From epistemology + -ist.

Inflected Forms

epistemologists (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

episteme epistemic epistemically epistemics epistemological epistemologically epistemology epistemonical

Rhymes With

psychologist anthropologist pathologist neurologist cardiologist technologist entomologist deep ecologist ornithologist virologist climatologist sexologist

Questions

What does epistemologist mean?: A person, especially a philosopher, who studies theory of knowledge.
Where does epistemologist come from?: Etymology tree English epistemology 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 epistemologist From epistemology + -ist.

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