Is a etymologist and lexicongrapher the same thing or something completely different?

Posted: 10 September 2009 01:57 PM

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I like looking up esoteric words and adding the to my notebooks, so can you help me with my title question?

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Posted: 10 September 2009 03:16 PM

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Would have to refer to a dictionary to get the definintions. Later.

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Posted: 16 September 2009 01:20 PM

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Etymologist - someone who researches the origin and development of words.
Lexicographer - someone who compiles a dictionary.

So a person can be one or the other, or both.

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Posted: 16 September 2009 01:50 PM

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And a person who makes up words? (Just kidding ACB)

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Posted: 19 September 2009 09:08 AM

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