etymon
/ˈɛt.ə.mɑn/noun
etymon is spelled E-T-Y-M-O-N: 6 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 85 million words in written English, the 293,966th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, etymon means “The original or earlier form of an inherited or borrowed word, affix, or morpheme either from an earlier period in a language's development, from an…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of etymon is etyma or etymons.
How many letters and syllables are in etymon?
| Letters | 6: E-T-Y-M-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 85 million words; the 293,966th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is etymon?
Etymon appears about once in every 85 million words in written English, the 293,966th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce etymon?
- UK /ˈɛt.ɪ.mɒn/
- UK /ˈɛt.ə.mɒn/
- US /ˈɛt.ə.mɑn/
Etymon has 3 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-etymon.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of etymon
- etyma plural
- etymons plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does etymon mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The original or earlier form of an inherited or borrowed word, affix, or morpheme either from an earlier period in a language's development, from an ancestral language, or from a foreign language.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Etymon in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense ancestral form or source word:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does etymon come from?
From Ancient Greek ἔτυμον (étumon, “the true sense of a word according to its origin”), from ἔτυμος (étumos, “true, real, actual”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).