Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

malacologist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mala-col-o-gist
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who studies molluscs; a specialist in malacology.

Example Sentences

"In the early 1800s the French malacologist Pierre Denys de Montfort published an account of a British ship of the line that he claimed had been sunk, and its crew devoured, by a Colossal octopus, or Kraken."

Etymology

Etymology tree English malacology 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 malacologist From malacology + -ist.

Inflected Forms

malacologists (plural)

Questions

What does malacologist mean?: A person who studies molluscs; a specialist in malacology.
Where does malacologist come from?: Etymology tree English malacology 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 malacologist From malacology + -ist.

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