eskimologist
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
One who studies the Eskimo people; one who studies Eskimology.
noun
Alternative spelling of Eskimologist.
Example Sentences
- "During the later half of the 19th century interest was largely diverted to discussion of the typological character of Eskimo languages- whether they were polysynthetic in the same sense as many North American Indian languages are, as maintained, for instance, by the Danish Eskimologist Hinrik Rink (1891)."
Etymology
Etymology tree English Eskimology 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 Eskimologist From Eskimology + -ist.