Egyptologer

/ˌiː.dʒɪp.ˈtɑː.lə.dʒər/ noun

Definition

An older or non-standard term for a person who studies ancient Egyptian civilization, culture, language, and history.

Etymology

From Egyptology plus -er (a suffix creating agent nouns for people who do something). This form is archaic; the modern standard term is egyptologist.

Kelly Says

The shift from 'egyptologer' to 'egyptologist' mirrors how English prefers '-ologist' for scientific disciplines—notice we say 'biologist' not 'biologyer'—because '-ologist' comes from Greek and sounds more scholarly.

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