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etymon
[ et-uh-mon ]
noun
- 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
- 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"
Word History and Origins
Origin of etymon1
Word History and Origins
Origin of etymon1
Example Sentences
Maybe it’s a problem with the term itself: the Latin etymon, avunculus, specifically denoted a mother’s brother.
—Can any of your correspondents refer me to the etymon of this name, given to a vocation attached to our English courts of law?
The following etymons have been suggested: 1, pilum, Lat. the head of an arrow; the Spaniards and Italians call this ordinary cuspis.
I will even allow, willingly, that a more perfect Hebrew scholar than myself may esteem my etymons fanciful and incorrect.
It happens, perhaps yet more frequently, that a German name, which cannot be explained by anything within the range of Teutonic dialects, may find a sufficient etymon from the Celtic.
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