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Definitions from the WebEtymonNoun: 1. In linguistics, the word or form from which a later word is derived. Example Sentence: The etymon of the English word "happiness" is the Old Norse word "happ." Noun: 2. The basic form of a word or morpheme before it undergoes inflection or derivation. Example Sentence: The etymon of the word "cats" is the singular form "cat." Noun: 3. In historical linguistics, the reconstructed hypothetical form of a word or root in a common ancestral language. Example Sentence: The etymon for the Indo-European word for "mother" is reconstructed as "*méh₂tēr." Related Products: | ||||
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