etymon
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek ἔτυμον (etumon, “the true sense of a word according to its origin”), from ἔτυμος (etumos, “true, real, actual”).
Pronunciation[edit]
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the Latin candidus (“white”) is the etymon of the English candid. |
Noun[edit]
etymon (plural etymons or etyma)
- A source word of a given word.
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
source word
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- etymon in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- etymon in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Noun[edit]
etymon n (genitive etymī); second declension
Inflection[edit]
Second declension neuter, Greek type.
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | etymon | etyma |
| genitive | etymī | etymōrum |
| dative | etymō | etymīs |
| accusative | etymon | etyma |
| ablative | etymō | etymīs |
| vocative | etymon | etyma |
