botanist

C2+ Topic:Word Formation & Derivatives

US /ˈbɑtənɪst/ UK /ˈbɒtənɪst/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
a scientist who studies plants

The botanist catalogued a new species of orchid in the rainforest.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a scientist who studies plants plantsmannaturalistherbalist

Word family

Related forms botany botanicalbotanize

Etymology

From botany + -ist. Botany derives from botanic, from French botanique, from Late Latin botanicus, from Ancient Greek botanikos ('of plants'), from botanē ('pasture, herb, plant').

botanikos Ancient Greek botanē Ancient Greek

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Topics

Word Formation & Derivatives General Vocabulary

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# botanist

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈbɑtənɪst/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈbɒtənɪst/

## Meanings
1. a scientist who studies plants

## Examples
- The botanist catalogued a new species of orchid in the rainforest.

## Synonyms
- plantsman
- naturalist
- herbalist

## Related Forms
- botany
- botanical
- botanize

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: botanikos
- Root: botanē

## Etymology
From botany + -ist. Botany derives from botanic, from French botanique, from Late Latin botanicus, from Ancient Greek botanikos ('of plants'), from botanē ('pasture, herb, plant').

## AI Etymology
Botanist comes from botany + -ist. Botany derives from botanic, from French botanique, from Late Latin botanicus, from Ancient Greek botanikos ('of plants'), from botanē ('pasture, herb, plant'). The historical trail runs through botanikos in Ancient Greek and botanē in Ancient Greek. Morphologically, botanist is transparent: it draws on botany + -ist. Used as a noun, botanist now means "a scientist who studies plants", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as botany, botanical, and botanize. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English.

## Topics
- Word Formation & Derivatives
- General Vocabulary

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