etymon

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etymon

/ˈɛt.ɪ.mɒn/ UK
/ˈɛt.ə.mɒn/ UK
/ˈɛt.ə.mɑn/ US

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From Ancient Greek ἔτυμον (étumon, “the true sense of a word according to its origin”), from ἔτυμος (étumos, “true, real, actual”).

noun etyma · etymons

The original or earlier form of an inherited or borrowed word, affix, or morpheme either from an earlier period in a language's development, from an ancestral language, or from a foreign language. Here such cases as ghost words & misglosses, secondary semantics, different etymologies for one etymon or one etymology for different etyma, and finally semantic overpermissiveness are discussed.
Similar: ancestor, etym · Opposite: derivative, reflex

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noun ancestral form or source word

Español	étimo
中文	字根 zìgēn
Português	étimo
Français	étymon
Deutsch	Etymon
Italiano	etimo
Ελληνικά	έτυμο étymo
Română	etimon
Русский	этимо́н etimón
العربية	أَثَلَة ʔaṯala

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"etymon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/etymon. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

etymon. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/etymon

Chicago

"etymon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/etymon.

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@misc{etymon_2026,
  title = {etymon},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/etymon},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}