etymon
/ˈetɪmɒn/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈetɪmɑːn/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈe-tə-ˌmän/ (ame, mw)
etymon — 名詞
- etymonsingular
- etymonsplural
1. an older word or word part that a newer word grows from
語源詞
後來詞語所源出的早期詞形
an older word or word part that a newer word grows from
Professor Hao said Latin aqua is the etymon behind French eau.
Hao 教授說，拉丁文 aqua 是法文 eau 背後的語源詞。
pattern: the etymon behind [later word]
Lukas traced the English form back to an old Greek etymon.
Lukas 把這個英文形式追溯到一個古希臘語源詞。
trace a form back to an etymon
On the chart, each modern word had its etymon written below.
圖表上，每個現代詞下面都寫著它的語源詞。
One Arabic etymon later produced several related Spanish words.
一個阿拉伯語源詞後來產生了幾個相關的西班牙文單字。
The teacher asked Ishaan to find the etymon of 'night'.
老師請 Ishaan 找出 'night' 這個詞的語源詞。
- 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
文法句型
the etymon of + noun phrase
trace + noun phrase + to + etymon
用法筆記
Used mainly in linguistics and word history. It names the earlier source form itself, not the full history of how a word changed.