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etymon

[ et-uh-mon ]

noun

, plural et·y·mons, et·y·ma [et, -, uh, -m, uh].
  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.


etymon

/ ˈɛtɪˌmɒn /

noun

  1. 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"
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of etymon1

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)
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Word History and Origins

Origin of etymon1

C16: via Latin, from Greek etumon basic meaning, from etumos true, actual
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Example Sentences

The old French vairon signifies anything of two colours, and may possibly be the etymon of vaire.

I cannot admit any of these derivations, though perhaps my own etymon may not be deemed less irrelevant, viz.

Were, wert; worth, werth; word and werde, are derived from the same etymon and retain a similarity of meaning.

I am inclined to think, with the two first-mentioned lexicographers, that the etymon is πόσις, or potio.

Will you accept a French elucidation of the etymon of this word, which has sorely puzzled your correspondents?

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