paleobotanist

English

Alternative forms

• palaeobotanist

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek πᾰλαιός (pălaiós)der.

English paleo-

English botany

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 botanist

English paleobotanist

From paleo- + botanist.

Noun

paleobotanist (plural paleobotanists)

1. A botanist who specializes in paleobotany; someone who studies plant fossils. [from 19th c.]
   • 2018 March 23, Susannah Lydon, The Guardian‎^[1]:

     How and when the earliest plants made the first move on to land is always a hot topic for palaeobotanists.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French paléobotaniste.

Noun

paleobotanist m (plural paleobotaniști)

1. paleobotanist

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	paleobotanist	paleobotanistul	paleobotaniști	paleobotaniștii
genitive-dative	paleobotanist	paleobotanistului	paleobotaniști	paleobotaniștilor
vocative	paleobotanistule		paleobotaniștilor