"etymon" meaning in English

See etymon in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈɛt.ɪ.mɒn/ [UK], /ˈɛt.ə.mɒn/ [UK], /ˈɛt.ə.mɑn/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-etymon.wav [Southern-England] Forms: etyma [plural], etymons [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *set-? Ancient Greek ἐτεός (eteós)der.? Ancient Greek ἔτῠμος (étŭmos) Ancient Greek ἔτῠμον (étŭmon)bor. English etymon From Ancient Greek ἔτυμον (étumon, “the true sense of a word according to its origin”), from ἔτυμος (étumos, “true, real, actual”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:bor|grc:ἔτῠμον|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *set-? Ancient Greek ἐτεός (eteós)der.? Ancient Greek ἔτῠμος (étŭmos) Ancient Greek ἔτῠμον (étŭmon)bor. English etymon [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "is_uncertain" : true, "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*set-", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "is_uncertain" : true, "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "ἐτεός", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "ἔτῠμος", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "ἔτῠμον", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "etymon", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="etymon">, {{bor|en|grc|ἔτυμον|t=the true sense of a word according to its origin}} Ancient Greek ἔτυμον (étumon, “the true sense of a word according to its origin”) Head templates: {{en-noun|etyma|+}} etymon (plural etyma or etymons)
  1. (linguistics) 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. Wikipedia link: femoral head fracture, femoral neck fracture, hip fracture, pelvic fracture Synonyms: ancestor, etym Derived forms: etymonic, etymonically Related terms: etymologist, etymologize, etymology, cognate, root Coordinate_terms: cognate Translations (ancestral form or source word): أَثَلَة (ʔaṯala) [feminine] (Arabic), բնիմաստ (bnimast) (Armenian), էտիմոն (ētimon) (Armenian), étimu [masculine] (Asturian), етимо́н (etimón) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ètim [masculine] (Catalan), 字根 (zìgēn) (Chinese Mandarin), etymon [neuter] (Czech), stamord [neuter] (Danish), etymon [neuter] (Danish), etymon [neuter] (Dutch), lähdesana (Finnish), kantasana (Finnish), sanajuuri (Finnish), étymon [masculine] (French), Etymon [neuter] (German), έτυμο (étymo) [neuter] (Greek), etimon (Hungarian), etymo (Interlingua), etimo [masculine] (Italian), ètimu [masculine] (Neapolitan), stamord [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), etymon [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), etymon [masculine] (Polish), étimo [masculine] (Portuguese), etimon [neuter] (Romanian), этимо́н (etimón) (Russian), ètimu [masculine] (Sicilian), étimo [masculine] (Spanish), stamord [neuter] (Swedish), gwreiddair [masculine] (Welsh)

Inflected forms

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          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
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          "roman": "ʔaṯala",
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          "roman": "zìgēn",
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      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *set-?\nAncient Greek ἐτεός (eteós)der.?\nAncient Greek ἔτῠμος (étŭmos)\nAncient Greek ἔτῠμον (étŭmon)bor.\nEnglish etymon\n[Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"der.\", \"is_uncertain\" : true, \"keyword_label\" : \"Derived from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*set-\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"is_uncertain\" : true, \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Ancient Greek\", \"term\" : \"ἐτεός\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"grc\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"derived\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Ancient Greek\", \"term\" : \"ἔτῠμος\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"grc\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Ancient Greek\", \"term\" : \"ἔτῠμον\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"grc\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"etymon\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"etymon\">",
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        "Terms with Armenian translations",
        "Terms with Asturian translations",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Interlingua translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Neapolitan translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Sicilian translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Welsh translations",
        "en:Linguistics"
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          "ref": "2006, Folia orientalia - Volumes 42-43, page 467:",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, page 5:",
          "text": "The resulting citation collection was databased and coded for meaning, etymon, and date range (earliest and latest occurrence found).",
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              332
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          "ref": "2016, Bryan A. Garner, Garner's Modern English Usage, 4th edition:",
          "text": "Parricide, the more usual word, means (1) \"the murder of one's own father\"; or (2) \"someone who murders his or her own father\" […] It is also used in extended senses, such as \"the murder of the ruler of a country\" and \"the murder of a close relative.\" These are not examples of slipshod extension, however, for even the Latin etymon (parricida) was used in these senses.",
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          "word": "ancestor"
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      "topics": [
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      "wikipedia": [
        "femoral head fracture",
        "femoral neck fracture",
        "hip fracture",
        "pelvic fracture"
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈɛt.ə.mɒn/",
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "lang_code": "ar",
      "roman": "ʔaṯala",
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "أَثَلَة"
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      "roman": "bnimast",
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      "word": "բնիմաստ"
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      "word": "էտիմոն"
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    {
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "zìgēn",
      "sense": "ancestral form or source word",
      "word": "字根"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "etymon"
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      "code": "da",
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        "neuter"
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      "word": "stamord"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
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      "word": "lähdesana"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "ancestral form or source word",
      "word": "kantasana"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "ancestral form or source word",
      "word": "sanajuuri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "ancestral form or source word",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "étymon"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
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      "lang_code": "de",
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      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Etymon"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "étymo",
      "sense": "ancestral form or source word",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "έτυμο"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
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      "sense": "ancestral form or source word",
      "word": "etimon"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
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      "word": "etymo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "etimo"
    },
    {
      "code": "nap",
      "lang": "Neapolitan",
      "lang_code": "nap",
      "sense": "ancestral form or source word",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ètimu"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "lang_code": "nb",
      "sense": "ancestral form or source word",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "stamord"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
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      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "ancestral form or source word",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "étimo"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
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        "neuter"
      ],
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      "code": "ru",
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      "word": "этимо́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ètimu"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
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        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "ancestral form or source word",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "stamord"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "lang_code": "cy",
      "sense": "ancestral form or source word",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "gwreiddair"
    }
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}

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