Other forms: economists
An economist is a person who studies how money and trade behave. A leading economist, economists disagree, government economist.
The joke that two economists produce three opinions is unfair and points at something real: the discipline works with systems that cannot be run twice, so evidence rarely settles an argument outright. Note economy, from the Greek for household management — an economist once managed a house.
1nouneconomistA person who studies how money and trade behave.
“Most economists expect prices to keep rising next year.”
economist is a specialist.
Middle French economiste comes from economy, from Greek oikonomia, household management. Eco- and nomad come from related roots.
Proto-Indo-European
*weyḱ-
Middle French
économiste — household manager
English, today
economist
From Middle French économiste (“household manager”). by surface analysis, economy + -ist.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA