Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ichthyologist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.47 in modern English

Syllables
ichthy-ol-o-gist
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An expert in ichthyology: one who studies fishes.

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Etymology

Etymology tree English ichthyology 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 ichthyologist From ichthyology + -ist.

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Questions

What does ichthyologist mean?
An expert in ichthyology: one who studies fishes.
Where does ichthyologist come from?
Etymology tree English ichthyology 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 ichthyologist From ichthyology + -ist.

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