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Etymon

noun
(pl. E. etymons, Gr. etyma)
1.
A simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes.  Synonym: root.





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"Etymon" Quotes from Famous Books



... it was adopted by their Roman conquerors, and he is of opinion that its name also was borrowed from either Teutonic Germany, or Celtic Gaul, or Sclavonic Illyria. It is certain that either the German language or the Welsh may afford at this day a perfectly satisfactory etymon: Lap-heer in the former and Lab-hair in the latter, having precisely the same meaning— the ...
— Waverley Volume XII • Sir Walter Scott


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