英语词汇“etymon”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

et·y·mon

(ĕtə-mŏn′)

n. pl. et·y·mons or et·y·ma (-mə)

1. An earlier form of a word in the same language or in an ancestor language. For example, Indo-European *duwo and Old English twā are etymons of Modern English two.

2. A word or morpheme from which compounds and derivatives are formed.

3. A foreign word from which a particular loan word is derived. For example, Latin duo, "two," is an etymon of English duodecimal.

[Latin, from Greek etumon, true sense of a word, from neuter of etumos, true.]

单词	etymon
释义	et·y·mon (ĕtə-mŏn′) n. pl. et·y·mons or et·y·ma (-mə) 1. An earlier form of a word in the same language or in an ancestor language. For example, Indo-European duwo and Old English twā* are etymons of Modern English two. 2. A word or morpheme from which compounds and derivatives are formed. 3. A foreign word from which a particular loan word is derived. For example, Latin duo, "two," is an etymon of English duodecimal. [Latin, from Greek etumon, true sense of a word, from neuter of etumos, true.]
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