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单词 etymon
释义

etymon

noun

et·​y·​mon ˈe-tə-ˌmän How to pronounce etymon (audio)
plural etyma ˈe-tə-mə How to pronounce etymon (audio) also etymons
1
a
: an earlier form of a word in the same language or an ancestral language
b
: a word in a foreign language that is the source of a particular loanword
2
: a word or morpheme from which words are formed by composition or derivation

Word History

Etymology

Latin, from Greek, literal meaning of a word according to its origin, from etymos true; akin to Greek eteos true — more at sooth

First Known Use

1573, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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