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etym

etym noun: an etymon. Also the clipping of etymology.

Noun

etym (plural etyms)

  1. An etymon.
    • A curious etym from the same root1847, William Henry Fox Talbot, English Etymologies

Also used as

etym is also the clipping of etymology.

Forms of etym

pluraletyms

Questions about etym

What does etym mean?
Etym means an etymon.
What part of speech is etym?
Etym is a noun.
What is the plural of etym?
The plural of etym is etyms.

Words near etym in the dictionary

  1. etwees
  2. ety
  3. etybenzatropine
  4. etyid
  5. etyids
  6. etym
  7. etyma
  8. etymemazine
  9. etymic
  10. etymo-
  11. etymographic

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