etymon
/et-uh-mon/US // ˈɛt əˌmɒn //UK // (ˈɛtɪˌmɒn) //
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n.名词 noun
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plural et·y·mons, et·y·ma [et-uh-muh]. /ˈɛt ə mə/.
- : the linguistic form from which another form is historically derived, as the Latin cor “heart,” which is the etymon of English cordial, or the Indo-European *ḱrd-, which is the etymon of Latin cor, Greek kardía, Russian serdtse, and English heart.
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The old French vairon signifies anything of two colours, and may possibly be the etymon of vaire.
I cannot admit any of these derivations, though perhaps my own etymon may not be deemed less irrelevant, viz.
Were, wert; worth, werth; word and werde, are derived from the same etymon and retain a similarity of meaning.
I am inclined to think, with the two first-mentioned lexicographers, that the etymon is πόσις, or potio.
Will you accept a French elucidation of the etymon of this word, which has sorely puzzled your correspondents?
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