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Definitions for Etymon
[1] the linguistic form from which another form is historically derived, as the Latin cor “heart,” which is the etymon of English cordial, or the Indo-European *ḱ (e )rd-, which is the etymon of Latin cor, Greek kardía, Russian serdtse, and English heart.
[2] a form of a word or morpheme, usually the earliest recorded form or a reconstructed form, from which another word or morpheme is derived: the etymon of English "ewe" is Indo-European " * owi"
Words related to Etymon
origin, development, derivation, source, root
Words nearby Etymon
etv, ety., etym., etymologize, etymology, etymon, etzel, eu, eu-, eubacteria, eubacterium
Origin of Etymon
1560–70; < Latin: the origin of a word < Greek étymon the essential meaning of a word seen in its origin or traced to its grammatical parts (neuter of étymos true, actual, real)
Word origin for Etymon
C16: via Latin, from Greek etumon basic meaning, from etumos true, actual
Synonyms for Etymon
derivation, development, origin, root, source, phrase history, phrase origin, word history, word origin