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"Etymon"
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etymological
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lexical
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heritage
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linguistic
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inferred
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An original form; primitive word; root.
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a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes
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a word ancestor
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A lexical form from an earlier stage in the history of a word from which the modern word is derived; root.
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Etymological source for a word. The American Heritage Dictionary shows the immediate etymon for words borrowed into English and then more distant etymons in the development of the word. The OED gives considerable etymological information.
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signification
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fundamental
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original
Original or fundamental signification.
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