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etymon

ety·mon

UK/ˈɛt.ɪ.mɒn/ US/ˈɛt.ə.mɒn/ uncommon

noun

1.

a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes

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Origin

From Ancient Greek ἔτυμον (étumon, “the true sense of a word according to its origin”), from ἔτυμος (étumos, “true, real, actual”).

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