hygienist

See also: hygiënist

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English hygiene

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

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 hygienist

From hygiene + -ist.

Noun

hygienist (plural hygienists)

1. A person skilled in hygienics, but especially a dental assistant who cleans teeth etc

Derived terms

• dental hygienist
• hyperhygienist

Related terms

• hygiene
• hygienic

Translations

person skilled in hygienics

• Catalan: higienista m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 保健專家 / 保健专家 (bǎojiàn zhuānjiā), 衛生師 / 卫生师 (wèishēngshī)

• Czech: hygienik m
• Dutch: hygiënist (nl) m
• Finnish: hygieenikko (fi), hygienisti (fi)
• French: hygiéniste (fr) m or f
• German: Hygieniker m, Hygienikerin f; Zahnhygieniker m, Zahnhygienikerin f (dental assitant)
• Italian: igienista (it)
• Kazakh: гигиенашы (gigienaşy)
• Polish: higienista (pl) m, higienistka (pl) f
• Spanish: higienista (es) m or f