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单词 etymon
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
et•y•mon  (et′ə mon′),USA pronunciation n., pl. -mons, -ma 
    (-mə).USA pronunciation 
  1. 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.
  • Greek étymon the essential meaning of a word seen in its origin or traced to its grammatical parts (neuter of étymos true, actual, real)
  • Latin: the origin of a word
  • 1560–70

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
etymon /ˈɛtɪˌmɒn/ n ( pl -mons, -ma / -mə/)
  1. 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"
Etymology: 16th Century: via Latin, from Greek etumon basic meaning, from etumos true, actual
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