Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

etymon

/ˈɛt.ə.mɑn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.07 in modern English

Syllables: et-y-mon
IPA: /ˈɛt.ə.mɑn/

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Example Sentences

"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."
"The resulting citation collection was databased and coded for meaning, etymon, and date range (earliest and latest occurrence found)."
"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."

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”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: ἔτυμον

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈɛt.ə.mɑn/
British English: /ˈɛt.ɪ.mɒn/

Inflected Forms

etyma (plural) etymons (plural)

Derived Forms

etymonic etymonically

Frequently Paired Words

etymologist etymologize etymology cognate root

Synonyms

ancestor etym root

Antonyms

derivative reflex

Questions

How do you pronounce etymon?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɛt.ə.mɑn/.
What does etymon mean?: 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.
Where does etymon come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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