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Where does “ethnoornithologist” come from?

ethnoornithologist (English) comes from English ornithologist, from English ornithology, from New Latin ornithologia, from Ancient Greek ὀρνιθολόγος, from Ancient Greek ὄρνις, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

ethnoornithologist (English): An expert on ethnoornithology

Definitions

  1. An expert on ethnoornithology

Ancestry of “ethnoornithologist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishornithologistA person who studies or practices ornithology
2EnglishornithologyThe branch of zoology that deals with the...
3New Latinornithologiaornithology
4Ancient Greekὀρνιθολόγος—
5Ancient Greekὄρνιςbird; chicken
6Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
7Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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