etymonn.

Brit.

/ˈɛtᵻmɒn/,

/ˈɛtᵻmən/, U.S.

/ˈɛdəˌmɑn/

Inflections: Plural etymons, etyma.

Forms: 1500s–1600s etimon, 1500s– etymon.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin etymon.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin etymon (1495 or earlier; 13th cent. in a British source as ethymon in sense ‘word’; compare classical Latin etymum ) < Hellenistic Greek ἔτυμον ‘true’ literal sense of a word according to its origin, hence, in post-classical grammatical writings, the root or primary word from which a derivative is formed; use as noun of neuter of ancient Greek ἔτυμος true < the same base as ἐτεός true, real (see eteostich n.) + -μος, suffix forming nouns.

1. The antecedent form of a word; the word or any of the separate words from which another word has developed historically by borrowing, derivation, compounding, etc. Also occasionally: †the facts relating to this; an etymology (cf. etymology n. 1, 2b) (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > word-formation > [noun] > derivation > word from which others are derived

primitive1565

root word1571

etymon1573

radix1612

stem1655

etym1748

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > word-formation > [noun] > derivation > word from which others are derived > form of

etymon1573

1573 T. Twyne tr. H. Llwyd Breuiary of Britayne f. 56, (margin) Etymon [L. etymon] of Gallia.

1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 390 Thus much then, as concerning the Etymon of this woorde Gauelkind.

1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor i. v. 90 The Turkish word Guzel... For why might not one ghesse, that Gylas may com from som such an etymon?

1659 T. Pecke Parnassi Puerperium 58 Nummus denotes Money told out; Upon This Fancy, Number, will give Etymon.

1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Introd. sig. a3^v If any of those Words given as the Etymon of the English Word should be thought too remote in Sense or Spelling.

1769 J. Swinton in Philos. Trans. 1768 (Royal Soc.) 58 239 The etymon laid down here seems more apposite and natural than that obtruded upon the learned world by Bochart.

1801 C. Lamb in Lett. C. & M. A. Lamb (1975) I. 275 Logic is nothing more than a knowledge of words, as the Greek Etymon implys.

1824 W. Carr Horæ Momenta Cravenæ 79 The etymon of this word [sc. gossamer] seems to have puzzled lexicographers.

1882 Edinb. Rev. July 114 The name has an evidently Norman etymon.

1905 R. W. Bowers Sketches Southwark 373 The neighbourhood..acquired the name of New Town, or New end of the Town, for it is doubtful which appellation is the etymon of our Newington.

1933 Times Lit. Suppl. 2 Nov. 754/1 He does not appear to have made up his mind whether to give the Scandinavian etyma in the form actually borrowed or in the conventional dictionary spelling.

1987 W. H. Jacobsen in P. C. Boardman Legacy Lang. 45 It seems there were two words for ‘fire’ in Proto-Indo-European, the etymon of fire being of neutral gender, that of ignis being masculine and personified.

2011 Notes & Queries Sept. 438/2 Analysis of certain other Early and Late Modern evidence allows later reflexes of Old English (and other medieval) etyma to be considered.

2. The etymological meaning of a word; the literal meaning of a word's etymon (sense 1). Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > semantics > meaning or signification > [noun] > original

etymology?1548

etymon?1578

?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 73 A garden... For Etymon of the woord woorthy too be calld Paradis.

1619 J. Sempill Sacrilege Sacredly Handled App. 43 Take him in his true Etymon, and Morall will be, but, whatsoeuer concerneth Manners.

1627 W. Sclater Briefe Expos. 2 Thess. (1629) 223 Ἀτοποι, those are to them after the Grammer Etymon, men of no setled abode; vaguing, or vagabond Iewes.

1664 A. Pitcarne Spiritual Sacrifice 25 According to the Etymon of it, a desire, is that which is expected from the starres.

1789 J. Brand Hist. & Antiq. Newcastle I. 443 If I might hazard a conjecture on the true etymon of Pandon, I would define it to mean ‘the hill of the pand, or pond, or reservoir’.

1813 Mem. Literary & Philos. Soc. Manch. 2nd Ser. 2 83 Reason..is a word of the same stamp, though I cannot now recur to what grammarians call its etymon, i.e. its true or proper meaning.

1821 S. T. Coleridge in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 259/1 The import here given, as the etymon, or genuine sense of the word.

1900 H. Rightor Standard Hist. New Orleans vii. 184 The original and genuine sense, the etymon, of the word.

1988 J. Hollander Melodious Guile vi. 124 The Latin etymon of turning in the word verse Spenser had played with in his youth.

†3. The true or proper name of a thing. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [noun] > correct or true name

etymon1651

1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs 67 ⁋106 Neither dare they call their..medicines by their proper Etymon; that is to say they hide Scammony under the name of diagredium.

Derivatives

etyˈmonic adj. rare of or relating to an etymon or etymons; etymological.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > other schools of linguistics > [adjective] > etymology

etymological1588

etymologizing1752

etymologic1771

etymonic1808

1808 Athenæum Nov. 405 The application of the word anterior to time only, is neither based on ancient usage nor etymonic necessity.

1994 C. A. Culleton Names & Naming in Joyce i. 22 The words coign of vantage, nuncle, hillock, moiety, and morrow are etymonic throwbacks to linguistic days of yore.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	etymon
释义	etymonn. Brit. /ˈɛtᵻmɒn/, /ˈɛtᵻmən/, U.S. /ˈɛdəˌmɑn/ Inflections: Plural etymons, etyma. Forms: 1500s–1600s etimon, 1500s– etymon. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin etymon. Etymology: < post-classical Latin etymon (1495 or earlier; 13th cent. in a British source as ethymon in sense ‘word’; compare classical Latin etymum ) < Hellenistic Greek ἔτυμον ‘true’ literal sense of a word according to its origin, hence, in post-classical grammatical writings, the root or primary word from which a derivative is formed; use as noun of neuter of ancient Greek ἔτυμος true < the same base as ἐτεός true, real (see eteostich n.) + -μος, suffix forming nouns. 1. The antecedent form of a word; the word or any of the separate words from which another word has developed historically by borrowing, derivation, compounding, etc. Also occasionally: †the facts relating to this; an etymology (cf. etymology n. 1, 2b) (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > word-formation > [noun] > derivation > word from which others are derived primitive1565 root word1571 etymon1573 radix1612 stem1655 etym1748 the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > word-formation > [noun] > derivation > word from which others are derived > form of etymon1573 1573 T. Twyne tr. H. Llwyd Breuiary of Britayne f. 56, (margin) Etymon [L. etymon] of Gallia. 1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 390 Thus much then, as concerning the Etymon of this woorde Gauelkind. 1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor i. v. 90 The Turkish word Guzel... For why might not one ghesse, that Gylas may com from som such an etymon? 1659 T. Pecke Parnassi Puerperium 58 Nummus denotes Money told out; Upon This Fancy, Number, will give Etymon. 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Introd. sig. a3^v If any of those Words given as the Etymon of the English Word should be thought too remote in Sense or Spelling. 1769 J. Swinton in Philos. Trans. 1768 (Royal Soc.) 58 239 The etymon laid down here seems more apposite and natural than that obtruded upon the learned world by Bochart. 1801 C. Lamb in Lett. C. & M. A. Lamb (1975) I. 275 Logic is nothing more than a knowledge of words, as the Greek Etymon implys. 1824 W. Carr Horæ Momenta Cravenæ 79 The etymon of this word [sc. gossamer] seems to have puzzled lexicographers. 1882 Edinb. Rev. July 114 The name has an evidently Norman etymon. 1905 R. W. Bowers Sketches Southwark 373 The neighbourhood..acquired the name of New Town, or New end of the Town, for it is doubtful which appellation is the etymon of our Newington. 1933 Times Lit. Suppl. 2 Nov. 754/1 He does not appear to have made up his mind whether to give the Scandinavian etyma in the form actually borrowed or in the conventional dictionary spelling. 1987 W. H. Jacobsen in P. C. Boardman Legacy Lang. 45 It seems there were two words for ‘fire’ in Proto-Indo-European, the etymon of fire being of neutral gender, that of ignis being masculine and personified. 2011 Notes & Queries Sept. 438/2 Analysis of certain other Early and Late Modern evidence allows later reflexes of Old English (and other medieval) etyma to be considered. 2. The etymological meaning of a word; the literal meaning of a word's etymon (sense 1). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > semantics > meaning or signification > [noun] > original etymology?1548 etymon?1578 ?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 73 A garden... For Etymon of the woord woorthy too be calld Paradis. 1619 J. Sempill Sacrilege Sacredly Handled App. 43 Take him in his true Etymon, and Morall will be, but, whatsoeuer concerneth Manners. 1627 W. Sclater Briefe Expos. 2 Thess. (1629) 223 Ἀτοποι, those are to them after the Grammer Etymon, men of no setled abode; vaguing, or vagabond Iewes. 1664 A. Pitcarne Spiritual Sacrifice 25 According to the Etymon of it, a desire, is that which is expected from the starres. 1789 J. Brand Hist. & Antiq. Newcastle I. 443 If I might hazard a conjecture on the true etymon of Pandon, I would define it to mean ‘the hill of the pand, or pond, or reservoir’. 1813 Mem. Literary & Philos. Soc. Manch. 2nd Ser. 2 83 Reason..is a word of the same stamp, though I cannot now recur to what grammarians call its etymon, i.e. its true or proper meaning. 1821 S. T. Coleridge in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 259/1 The import here given, as the etymon, or genuine sense of the word. 1900 H. Rightor Standard Hist. New Orleans vii. 184 The original and genuine sense, the etymon, of the word. 1988 J. Hollander Melodious Guile vi. 124 The Latin etymon of turning in the word verse Spenser had played with in his youth. †3. The true or proper name of a thing. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [noun] > correct or true name etymon1651 1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs 67 ⁋106 Neither dare they call their..medicines by their proper Etymon; that is to say they hide Scammony under the name of diagredium. Derivatives etyˈmonic adj. rare of or relating to an etymon or etymons; etymological. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > other schools of linguistics > [adjective] > etymology etymological1588 etymologizing1752 etymologic1771 etymonic1808 1808 Athenæum Nov. 405 The application of the word anterior to time only, is neither based on ancient usage nor etymonic necessity. 1994 C. A. Culleton Names & Naming in Joyce i. 22 The words coign of vantage, nuncle, hillock, moiety, and morrow are etymonic throwbacks to linguistic days of yore. 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