Words Like ETYMON
We have put together a list of words that are similar to ETYMON.
4 Alternative Words Similar to etymon
9 definitions of etymon
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An original form; primitive word; root.
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Original or fundamental signification.
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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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An earlier form of a word in the same language or in an ancestor language. For example, Indo-European *duwo and Old English twā are etymons of Modern English two.
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A word or morpheme from which compounds and derivatives are formed.
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A foreign word from which a particular loan word is derived. For example, Latin duo, "two,” is an etymon of English duodecimal.
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The original element of a word; the root or primitive.
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The original or fundamental sense; the primary or root meaning.
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A source word of a given word.