Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ichnologist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ich-nol-o-gist
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who studies trace fossils.

Etymology

Etymology tree English ichnology 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 ichnologist From ichnology + -ist.

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Questions

What does ichnologist mean?
One who studies trace fossils.
Where does ichnologist come from?
Etymology tree English ichnology 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 ichnologist From ichnology + -ist.

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