Definitions for etymon
ˈɛt əˌmɒn; -məet·y·mon

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. etymon, rootnoun

   a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. etymonnoun

   A source word of a given word.

2. Etymology: From ἔτυμον, from ἔτυμος.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Etymonnoun

   Origin; primitive word.

   Etymology: ἔτυμον.

   Blue hath its etymon from the High Dutch blaw; from whence they call himmel-blue, that which we call sky-colour or heaven’s blue. Henry Peacham, on Drawing.

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1. etymon

   Etymology ( ET-im-OL-ə-jee) is the study of the history of the form of words and, by extension, the origin and evolution of their semantic meaning across time. It is a subfield of historical linguistics, and draws upon comparative semantics, morphology, semiotics, and phonetics. For languages with a long written history, etymologists make use of texts, and texts about the language, to gather knowledge about how words were used during earlier periods, how they developed in meaning and form, or when and how they entered the language. Etymologists also apply the methods of comparative linguistics to reconstruct information about forms that are too old for any direct information to be available. By analyzing related languages with a technique known as the comparative method, linguists can make inferences about their shared parent language and its vocabulary. In this way, word roots in many European languages, for example, can be traced all the way back to the origin of the Indo-European language family. Even though etymological research originated from the philological tradition, much current etymological research is done on language families where little or no early documentation is available, such as Uralic and Austronesian.

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1. etymon

   An etymon is the original root word or form from which a word has been derived. It is the simplest form of a word before it undergoes changes in spelling, pronunciation, or meaning over time and across languages.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Etymonnoun

   an original form; primitive word; root

2. Etymonnoun

   original or fundamental signification

3. Etymology: [L., fr. Gr. 'e`tymon the true literal sense of a word according to its derivation, an etymon, fr. true, real, prob, akin to Skr. sotya, E. sooth. See Sooth.]

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1. • Form

Anagrams for etymon »

1. toymen

How to pronounce etymon?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say etymon in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of etymon in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of etymon in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=etymon
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Etymon
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=etymon
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etymon
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/etymon