Etymology

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Today it means: Being or pertaining to an etymon or etymons. Full definition →

English etymon ← Ancient Greek ἔτῠμον (étŭmon) ← Proto-Indo-European *set-?
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*set-?
  2. Ancient Greekἐτεός (eteós)der.?
  3. Ancient Greekἔτῠμος (étŭmos)
  4. Ancient Greekἔτῠμον (étŭmon)
  5. Englishetymon
  6. English todayetymonic

From etymon + -ic.

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