topologist

English

It has been said that a topologist is someone who can't tell a coffee cup from a donut. (Both are topologically the same, a torus.)

Etymology

Etymology tree

English topology

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)der.

Latin -istader.

Old French -istebor.

Middle English -ist

English -ist

English topologist

From topology + -ist.

Noun

topologist (plural topologists)

1. A mathematician who specializes in topology.
   • 2022, Percival Everett, Dr. No, Influx Press (2023), page 127:

     ‘What can you tell me about her?’
     ‘Only that she’s a brilliant topologist. That’s it.’

Derived terms

• geometric topologist

Translations

mathematician who specializes in topology

• Afrikaans: topoloog
• Czech: topolog m
• Danish: topolog c
• Finnish: topologi (fi)
• Portuguese: topólogo m
• Russian: топо́лог (ru) m (topólog)
• Swedish: topolog (sv) c

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