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etymo-

etymo- is the combining form of etymon.

Meaning of etymon

Noun

etymon (plural etyma or etymons)

  1. 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.2006, Folia orientalia - Volumes 42-43, page 467
    Synonyms:
    ancestor, etym
    Antonyms:
    derivative, reflex

Questions about etymo-

What is etymo- the combining form of?
Etymo- is the combining form of etymon.

Words near etymo- in the dictionary

  1. etyids
  2. etym
  3. etyma
  4. etymemazine
  5. etymic
  6. etymo-
  7. etymographic
  8. etymography
  9. etymol.
  10. etymologer
  11. etymologers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: etymo- (page history and authors); etymon (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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