noun etymon A word or morpheme from which a later word is derived. 1
noun etymon a form of a word or morpheme, usually the earliest recorded form or a reconstructed form, from which another word or morpheme is derived: the etymon of English "ewe" is Indo-European "*owi" 0
noun etymon the earlier form of a word, as at an earlier period in the development of a language 0
noun etymon a word or morpheme from which derivatives or compounds have developed 0
