etymon

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A source word of a given word
{n} an original root or primitive word
Original or fundamental signification
a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes
An original form; primitive word; root
The source word of a given word. For example, the Latin candidus (white) is the etymon of the English candid
Etymological source for a word The American Heritage Dictionary shows the immediate etymon for words borrowed into English and then more distant etymons in the development of the word The OED gives considerable etymological information
an earlier form of a word in the same language or an ancestor language See also: Wanderwort
{i} true origin of a word
etymon

    Hyphenation

    e·ty·mon

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    [ 'e-t&-"män ] (noun.) circa 1576. From Ancient Greek ἔτυμον (etumon, “the true sense of a word according to its origin”) from ἔτυμος (etumos, “true, real, actual”).
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