Hypertext Webster Gateway: "etymon"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Etymon \Et"y*mon\, n.; pl. E. {Etymons}, Gr. {Etyma}. [L., fr.
Gr. 'e`tymon the true literal sense of a word according to
its derivation, an etymon, fr. ? true, real, prob, akin to
Skr. sotya, E. sooth. See {Sooth}.]
1. An original form; primitive word; root.
2. Original or fundamental signification. [R.]
Given as the etymon or genuine sense of the word.
--Coleridge.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
etymon
n : a simple form inferred as the common basis from which
related words in several languages can be derived by
linguistic processes [syn: {root}]
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