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1. (n.) etymon
the linguistic form from which another form is historically derived, as the Latin word cor“heart,” which is the etymon of English cordial, or the Indo-European base *&kacute;(e)rd-, which is the etymon of Latin cor, Greek kardía, Russian serdtse, and English
heart.
Etymology: (1560–70; < L: the origin of a word < Gk étymon the essential meaning of a word seen in its origin or traced to its grammatical parts, neut. of étymos true, actual, real)
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1. (noun) etymon, root
a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes
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1. (noun) etymon
an original form; primitive word; root
2. (noun) etymon
original or fundamental signification
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