etymon
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[edit] Etymology
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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the Latin candidus (“‘white’”), is the etymon of the English candid. |
[edit] Noun
etymon (plural etymons or etyma)
- A source word of a given word.
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- etymon in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- etymon in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
[edit] Anagrams
- Anagrams of emnoty
- toymen
