etymon

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English [edit]

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Etymology [edit]

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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Examples

the Latin candidus (white) is the etymon of the English candid.

Noun [edit]

etymon (plural etymons or etyma)

  1. A source word of a given word.

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Latin [edit]

Noun [edit]

etymon (genitive etymī); n, second declension

  1. etymon

Inflection [edit]

Number Singular Plural
nominative etymon etyma
genitive etymī etymōrum
dative etymō etymīs
accusative etymon etyma
ablative etymō etymīs
vocative etymon etyma