Etymon Definition
ĕtə-mŏn
etyma, etymons
noun
etymons
An earlier form of a word, as at an earlier period in the development of a language.
Webster's New World
A word or morpheme from which derivatives or compounds have developed.
Webster's New World
A foreign word from which a particular loan word is derived. For example, Latin duo, “two,” is an etymon of English duodecimal.
American Heritage
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Origin of Etymon
From Ancient Greek ἔτυμον (etumon, “the true sense of a word according to its origin”), from ἔτυμος (etumos, “true, real, actual”).
From Wiktionary
Latin from Greek etumon true sense of a word from neuter of etumos true
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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