etymon
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See also: étymon
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek ἔτυμον (étumon, “the true sense of a word according to its origin”), from ἔτυμος (étumos, “true, real, actual”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
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The Latin candidus (“white”) is the etymon of the English candid. |
etymon (plural etymons or etyma)
- (linguistics, lexicography) The source word, or words, of a given word or expression.
- 2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide[1], page 5:
- The resulting citation collection was databased and coded for meaning, etymon, and date range (earliest and latest occurrence found).
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]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek ἔτυμον (étumon).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈe.ty.mon/, [ˈɛ.t̪ʏ.mɔn]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈe.ti.mon/, [ˈɛː.t̪i.mɔn]
Noun[edit]
etymon n (genitive etymī); second declension
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | etymon | etyma |
Genitive | etymī | etymōrum |
Dative | etymō | etymīs |
Accusative | etymon | etyma |
Ablative | etymō | etymīs |
Vocative | etymon | etyma |
References[edit]
- etymon in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- etymon in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia[2]
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