Definition of Etimon
Et"y*mon (?), n.; pl. E.
Etymons (#), Gr. Etyma (#). [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.]
1. An original form; primitive word;
root.
2. Original or fundamental
signification. [R.]
Given as the etymon or genuine sense of the
word. Coleridge.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Source word of a given word,.example: the Latin candidus(white) is the etymon of the English candid.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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