analyst English · revision 10432

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1656|origins=fr analyste}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈænəlɪst/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from French analyste, a person who analyses, from analyser, to analyse (see [[analyse]]),^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998)^(SOED 2002) after nouns in -iste from verbs in -iser;^(SOED 2002) Merriam-Webster derives it from analyze after pairs like Latinize and Latinist.^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A mathematician skilled in algebraic geometry: 1656, the 1650s in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ A person who analyses in general is from 1753,^(OED 1989) and one skilled in chemical analysis from 1800.^(OED 1989) In music it is from 1885,^(OED 1989) and as a short form of [[psychoanalyst]] from 1914;^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) the person analysed is an analysand (1933).^(Etymonline) A practitioner of philosophical analysis is from 1936,^(OED 1989) and a systems analyst is a computing sense.^(AHD) Greek analytēr meant a deliverer.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1656 – a mathematician.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1753 – one who analyses.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1800 – a chemical analyst.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1914 – a psychoanalyst.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1933 – analysand.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A person who analyses, or is skilled in analysis, as of data, markets or politics.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A [[psychoanalyst]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A systems analyst.^(AHD)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[cryptanalyst]]

+ * [[psychoanalyst]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[analysis]]

+ * [[analyse]]

+ * [[analyze]]

+ * [[analytic]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}