Associations to the word «Etymon»

Wiktionary

ETYMON, noun. A source word of a given word.

Dictionary definition

ETYMON, noun. A simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke