paleoanthropologist
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.38 in modern English
27
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
7
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A scientist who specializes in paleoanthropology.
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek πᾰλαιός (pălaiós)der. English paleo- English anthropology 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 paleoanthropologist From paleo- + anthropology + -ist.