Etymon definitions

Etymon

1) Ancestral word 2) Base word 3) Descriptor 4) Earlier form of a word 5) Form 6) Older form of a word 7) Original form of a word 8) Primary linguistic form 9) Root 10) Root word 11) Signifier 12) Word form 13) Word origin 14) Word source
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Etymon

1) Root 2) Word
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etymon

true origin of a word
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Etymon

• (n.) An original form; primitive word; root. • (n.) Original or fundamental signification.
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Etymon

(plural, etyma) An older word that is a source for a newer one. See etymology.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/22385

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Etymon

Et'y·mon noun ; plural English Etymons , Greek Etyma . [ Latin , from Greek 'e`tymon the true literal sense of a word according to its derivation, an etymon, from ... true, real, prob, akin to Sanskrit sotya , English sooth . See Sooth .] 1.
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etymon

[n] - a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes
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etymon

etymon (s), etyma (pl) 1. An earlier form of a word in the same language or in an ancestor language; for example, Indo-European duwo and Old English twa are etymons of Modern English 'two'. 2. A word or morpheme from which compounds and derivatives are formed. 3. A foreign word from which a particular loan word is derived; for example, Lat...
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etymon

noun a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes
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etymon

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 *&kacute;(e)rd-, which is the etymon of Latin cor, Greek kardía, Russian serdtse, and English heart.
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