Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

medievalist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.68 in modern English

Syllables: me-dieval-ist
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who studies the culture and history of the Middle Ages.

Etymology

Etymology tree English medieval 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 medievalist From medieval + -ist.

Inflected Forms

medievalists (plural) mediaevalist (alternative, Commonwealth) mediævalist (alternative, archaic)

Derived Forms

hispanomedievalist

Frequently Paired Words

medieval medievalism

Questions

What does medievalist mean?: One who studies the culture and history of the Middle Ages.
Where does medievalist come from?: Etymology tree English medieval 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 medievalist From medieval + -ist.

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