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etymons

etymons is the plural 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 etymons

What is etymons the plural of?
Etymons is the plural of etymon.

Words near etymons in the dictionary

  1. etymology
  2. etymologyless
  3. etymon
  4. etymonic
  5. etymonically
  6. etymons
  7. etymothesis
  8. etyms
  9. etymythologies
  10. etymythology
  11. etynodiol

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