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Etymologists is an English word. Below you'll find 5 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Etymologists in a sentence

Etymologists meaning

plural of etymologist

Using Etymologists

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of etymologist
  • In the example corpus, etymologists often appears in combinations such as: etymologists believe, roman etymologists.

Context around Etymologists

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 29.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

roman 2× finland 1×

Often after:

believe 2× understood 1× thought 1×

Sentence patterns with Etymologists

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

etymologists believe that 1× ignored by etymologists 1× in finland etymologists believe there 1× roman etymologists thought that 1× which roman etymologists understood to 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

as this pattern 1× etymologists believe that 1× her sacred month 1× roman etymologists thought 1× to rask also 1×

Common sentence endings:

a different explanation 1× and bacchic processions 1× ignored by etymologists 1× made of steel 1× trees and flowers 1×

Words around Etymologists

Just before it in the word index:

etymologies 40 etymologicum 2 etymologically 15 etymological 47 etyfa 2 etxeberria 2

Just after it in the word index:

etymology 351 etymon 2 etymonline 2 etz 4 etzebeth 25 etzel 7

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaas 7 aacc 7 aacs 7 aafes 7 aah 7 aankh 7

Corpus analysis for Etymologists

  • In this selection, "etymologists" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 29.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, roman, finland, believe, understood and thought stand out and add context to how "etymologists" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include etymologists believe that and ignored by etymologists. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "etymologists" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with etymologists

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

As this pattern does not appear in any other Swedish place names in Finland, etymologists believe there could be a different explanation. (22 words)

Her sacred month was April (Latin Mensis Aprilis) which Roman etymologists understood to derive from aperire, "to open," with reference to the springtime blossoming of trees and flowers. (28 words)

Roman etymologists thought that the soldiers' chant of triumpe was a borrowing via Etruscan of the Greek thriambus (θρίαμβος), cried out by satyrs and other attendants in Dionysian and Bacchic processions. (31 words)

Longer example sentences

To Rask also belongs the merit of having first distinctly formulated the laws of sound-correspondence in the different languages, especially in the vowels (those more fleeting elements of speech previously ignored by etymologists ). (34 words)

Etymologists believe that the word tram refers to the wooden beams the railway tracks were initially made of before the railroad pioneers switched to the much more resistant tracks made of steel. (32 words)

Roman etymologists thought that the soldiers' chant of triumpe was a borrowing via Etruscan of the Greek thriambus (θρίαμβος), cried out by satyrs and other attendants in Dionysian and Bacchic processions. (31 words)

Example sentences (5)

As this pattern does not appear in any other Swedish place names in Finland, etymologists believe there could be a different explanation.

Etymologists believe that the word tram refers to the wooden beams the railway tracks were initially made of before the railroad pioneers switched to the much more resistant tracks made of steel.

Her sacred month was April (Latin Mensis Aprilis) which Roman etymologists understood to derive from aperire, "to open," with reference to the springtime blossoming of trees and flowers.

Roman etymologists thought that the soldiers' chant of triumpe was a borrowing via Etruscan of the Greek thriambus (θρίαμβος), cried out by satyrs and other attendants in Dionysian and Bacchic processions.

To Rask also belongs the merit of having first distinctly formulated the laws of sound-correspondence in the different languages, especially in the vowels (those more fleeting elements of speech previously ignored by etymologists ).

Common combinations with etymologists

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "etymologists" in a sentence?
An example: "As this pattern does not appear in any other Swedish place names in Finland, etymologists believe there could be a different explanation." This page contains 5 example sentences with the word "etymologists" from authentic English texts.
What does "etymologists" mean?
Etymologists means: plural of etymologist
How many example sentences with "etymologists" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 5 example sentences with "etymologists", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.