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ETYMON
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Irregular inflected form: etyma
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes
Synonyms:
etymon; root
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("etymon" is a kind of...):
descriptor; form; signifier; word form (the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something)
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