[f. Gr. ἐτυμολόγ-ος (see prec.) + -ER1.] One who traces etymologies; = ETYMOLOGIST.
1650. Massey, Glasse for Worldlings, 10. With the Etymologer tis … water hardened by extream cold.
1660. M. Griffith, Fear of God & King, 30 (T.). Laws there must be; and lex à ligando, saith the Etymoliger: It is call’d a Law from binding; all Laws are like yokes.
1816. J. Gilchrist, Philos. Etym., 160. A plain, blunt etymologer may take the liberty of putting the extinguisher or monk’s hood on his shallow, misty notions.
1880. J. A. H. Murray, Addr. Philol. Soc., 36. The fancies of … monkish etymologers.
