Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun etymon

1 sense of etymon

Sense 1
etymon, root -- (a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes)
       => form, word form, signifier, descriptor -- (the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something; "the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached")