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What is the difference between etymon and etymology?

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Etymology is a related term of etymon.

Etymon is a related term of etymology.


As nouns the difference between etymon and etymology

is that etymon is a source word of a given word while etymology is {{context|uncountable|lang=en}} the study of the historical development of languages, particularly as manifested in individual words.

etymon

English

(wikipedia etymon)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A source word of a given word.

    • Related terms

    * etymology * etymologist * etymologize

    See also

    * cognate * root

    References

    * *

    Anagrams

    * ----

    etymology

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia etymology) (etymologies)
  • (uncountable) The study of the historical development of languages, particularly as manifested in individual words.
  • (countable) An account of the origin and historical development of a word.

    • Usage notes

    * Not to be confused with .

    Derived terms

    * etymological * fake etymology * false etymology * folk etymology * popular etymology

    Related terms

    * etymon * etymologist * etymologize

    Hyponyms

    * onomastics

    References

    * * * English words suffixed with -ology