etymon

== English == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἔτυμον (étumon, “the true sense of a word according to its origin”), from ἔτυμος (étumos, “true, real, actual”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɛt.ɪ.mɒn/, /ˈɛt.ə.mɒn/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɛt.ə.mɑn/ === Noun === etymon (plural etyma or etymons) (linguistics) 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. Synonyms: ancestor, etym Antonyms: derivative, reflex Coordinate term: cognate ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== cognate root ==== References ==== “etymon”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “etymon”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === toymen == Dutch == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἔτυμον (étumon) or Latin etymon. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈeː.ti.mɔn/ Hyphenation: ety‧mon === Noun === etymon n (plural etyma, no diminutive) etymon [from early 18th c.] 1710, Lambert ten Kate, Gemeenschap tussen de Gottische spraeke en de Nederduytsche, publ. by Jan Rieuwertszoon, page 20. ==== Related terms ==== etymologie == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἔτυμον (étumon). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɛ.ty.mɔn] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛː.ti.mon] === Noun === etymon n (genitive etymī); second declension etymon ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type). === References === “etymon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “etymon”, in The Perseus Project (1999), Perseus Encyclopedia‎[2] == Polish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin etymon. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛˈtɘ.mɔn/ Rhymes: -ɘmɔn Syllabification: e‧ty‧mon === Noun === etymon m inan (linguistics) etymon (ancestral form or source word) ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === etymon in Polish dictionaries at PWN