naturalist
/ˈnætʃəələst/NA-chur-uh-luhst
/ˈnætʃɚələst/NA-chur-uh-luhst
Meaningone who studies nature
Common meaning: an expert in plants and animals
- natto be bornLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1187 (approximate) · scan
- uraladjective ending: relating to
- ista person who does or follows
Journey through time
- Latinnāscor, nātus‘to be born’
- Frenchnature
- Englishnatural‘found in nature rather than made by people’
- Englishformed in English from naturalnaturalist‘an expert in plants and animals’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Formed in English from natural + -ist.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), NATURE, p.388 · scan
Roots
- nāscor, nātus Latin “to be born”
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