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etymon

/et-uh-mon/US // ˈɛt əˌmɒn //UK // (ˈɛtɪˌmɒn) //

本义词,本义,字母,本名

Related Words

origin起源,缘起,来源,原产地development发展,开发,发展情况derivation衍生,衍生品,衍生产品,导出source来源,消息来源,源,资料来源root根,根基,根源,根部

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    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 *ḱrd-, which is the etymon of Latin cor, Greek kardía, Russian serdtse, and English heart.

Synonyms & Antonyms

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Synonyms
derivation衍生,衍生品,衍生产品,导出development发展,开发,发展情况origin起源,缘起,来源,原产地root根,根基,根源,根部source来源,消息来源,源,资料来源phrase history短语历史,短语史,短语的历史,短句历史phrase origin短语来源,短语起源,词源,短语的起源word history词史,词汇历史,词语历史,词条历史word origin词源,字源,字根,字母来源

Examples

  • The old French vairon signifies anything of two colours, and may possibly be the etymon of vaire.

  • I cannot admit any of these derivations, though perhaps my own etymon may not be deemed less irrelevant, viz.

  • Were, wert; worth, werth; word and werde, are derived from the same etymon and retain a similarity of meaning.

  • I am inclined to think, with the two first-mentioned lexicographers, that the etymon is πόσις, or potio.

  • Will you accept a French elucidation of the etymon of this word, which has sorely puzzled your correspondents?

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