etymon

[ et-uh-mon ]
/ ˈɛt əˌmɒn /

noun, plural et·y·mons, et·y·ma [et-uh-muh] /ˈɛt ə mə/.

the linguistic form from which another form is historically derived, as the Latin cor “heart,” which is the etymon of English cordial, or the Indo-European *ḱ(e)rd-, which is the etymon of Latin cor, Greek kardía, Russian serdtse, and English heart.

Origin of etymon

1560–70; < Latin: the origin of a word < Greek étymon the essential meaning of a word seen in its origin or traced to its grammatical parts (neuter of étymos true, actual, real)

Words nearby etymon

etv, ety., etym., etymologize, etymology, etymon, etzel, eu, eu-, eubacteria, eubacterium

Words related to etyma

origin, development, derivation, source, root

British Dictionary definitions for etyma

etymon
/ (ˈɛtɪˌmɒn) /

noun plural -mons or -ma (-mə)

a form of a word or morpheme, usually the earliest recorded form or a reconstructed form, from which another word or morpheme is derived: the etymon of English "ewe" is Indo-European " * owi"

Word Origin for etymon

C16: via Latin, from Greek etumon basic meaning, from etumos true, actual