LINGUIST

Joan Coromines

1905 - 1997

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Joan Coromines i Vigneaux (Catalan pronunciation: [ʒuˈaŋ kuɾuˈminəs]; also frequently spelled Joan Corominas; Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain 1905 – Pineda de Mar, Catalonia, Spain, 1997) was a linguist who made important contributions to the study of Catalan, Spanish, and other Romance languages. His main works are the Diccionario crítico etimológico de la lengua castellana (1954–1957), in four volumes, first version of his etymological dictionary of Spanish (with an abridged version, Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua castellana, first published in 1961); the Diccionari etimològic i complementari de la llengua catalana, which investigates the origin of most words in the Catalan language (9 volumes); the Onomasticon Cataloniae, documenting place and person names, old and new, in all the Catalan-speaking territories (8 volumes); and, with José Antonio Pascual, the Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico, the most thorough etymological dictionary of Spanish extant today. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joan Coromines is the 96th most popular linguist (up from 104th in 2019), the 1,002nd most popular biography from Spain (up from 1,103rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Spanish Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Joan Coromines ranks 96 out of 214. Before him are Konrad Duden, Ahatanhel Krymsky, Lucien Tesnière, Adolf Erman, Matteo Bartoli, and Bernhard Karlgren. After him are Leo Spitzer, Georg Curtius, Kazimieras Būga, Henry Watson Fowler, Agop Dilâçar, and Teun A. van Dijk.

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Among people born in 1905, Joan Coromines ranks 155. Before him are Grigori Kozintsev, Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu, Mariya Oktyabrskaya, Edwin H. Colbert, Zdeněk Burian, and Mildred Natwick. After him are Pierre Brasseur, Harry Harlow, Étienne Mattler, Sanford Meisner, Fumiko Enchi, and Harold Arlen. Among people deceased in 1997, Joan Coromines ranks 127. Before him are Harold Robbins, Andrew Cunanan, Andrei Sinyavsky, Luigi Villoresi, Anatoli Boukreev, and Stanley Schachter. After him are Saw Maung, Robert Serber, Dick van Dijk, Georges Marchais, Sanford Meisner, and King Hu.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Joan Coromines ranks 1,002 out of 3,355. Before him are Pedro de la Rosa (1971), Ismail II of Granada (1338), Juan Pablo Bonet (1579), Muhyi al-Din al-Maghribi (1220), José María Gil-Robles y Quiñones (1898), and Guillermo Gorostiza (1909). After him are Yusuf III of Granada (1376), Robert Gerhard (1896), Niccolò Antonio Colantonio (1420), Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot (1952), Pacian (310), and Qadi Iyad (1083).

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Among LINGUISTS In Spain

Among linguists born in Spain, Joan Coromines ranks 3. Before him are Pompeu Fabra (1868), and Ramón Menéndez Pidal (1869). After him are Germà Colón (1928), Martí de Riquer i Morera (1914), and Francisco Rodríguez Adrados (1922).

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