etymon

/ˈetɪmɒn/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈetɪmɑːn/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈe-tə-ˌmän/ (ame, mw)

1.名詞C2

釋義

an older word or word part that a newer word grows from

例句

Professor Hao said Latin aqua is the etymon behind French eau.

pattern: the etymon behind [later word]

Lukas traced the English form back to an old Greek etymon.

trace a form back to an etymon

同義詞

root
broader term that can mean a basic element inside a word today, not always the whole historical source word
source word
plain-language phrase that is close in meaning, but less technical and less exact in academic use
ancestor form
historical-linguistics term that stresses the earlier stage from which later forms developed

the etymon of + noun phrase

trace + noun phrase + to + etymon

Used mainly in linguistics and word history. It names the earlier source form itself, not the full history of how a word changed.

❌The etymon of this word is very interesting.

✅The etymology of this word is very interesting.

💡'etymon' is the source word itself, while 'etymology' is the history or study of origin.

etymon — noun