diarist

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English diary

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.

Latin -istader.

Old French -istebor.

Middle English -ist

English -ist

English diarist

From diary + -ist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaɪəɹɪst/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

diarist (plural diarists)

1. Someone who keeps a diary.
   • 1951 May, R. S. McNaught, “A Veteran Driver's Diary”, in Railway Magazine, page 336:

     Two typical weeks (selected at random and separated by a long interval) are set out in the accompanying tables, and indicate the clear and concise method adopted by the diarist throughout his 42 working years.

Derived terms

• diaristic

Translations

one who keeps a diary

• Finnish: päiväkirjan kirjoittaja
• French: diariste (fr) m or f
• German: Tagebuchschreiber (de) m, Tagebuchschreiberin (de) f
• Greek: ημερολογιογράφος m or f (imerologiográfos)
• Irish: dialannaí m
• Italian: diarista
• Macedonian: дневничар m (dnevničar)
• Polish: diarysta (pl) m, diarystka (pl) f
• Portuguese: diarista (pt) m or f
• Spanish: diarista
• Turkish: anı defteri yazan kimse, anı defteri yazarı, günlük tutan kimse, hatıra defteri yazan kimse, hatıra defteri yazarı

Anagrams

• tarsiid