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- noun Plural form of
etymon .
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Examples
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Here, as in the case of most of the etymons already mentioned in this chapter, the origin of the surname may be specific as well as general, i.e. the name Ash may come from Ash in Kent rather than from any particular tree, the etymology remaining the same.
The Romance of Names Ernest Weekley 1909
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These four simple etymons themselves may also become perverted.
The Romance of Names Ernest Weekley 1909
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MY DEAR SIR, -- Many thanks for your interesting and kind letter in which you do me the honour to ask my opinion respecting the pedigree of your island goblin, le feu follet Belenger; that opinion I cheerfully give with a premise that it is only an opinion; in hunting for the etymons of these fairy names we can scarcely expect to arrive at anything like certainty.
George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends Clement King Shorter 1891
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_ -- I shall be much obliged by learning from any correspondent the etymons of _argot_ (French) and _slang_, as applied to language; and when did the latter term first come into use?
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Of these Tartar etymons I shall at present content myself with citing one, though, if necessary, it were easy to adduce hundreds.
The Bible in Spain; or, the journeys, adventures, and imprisonments of an Englishman, in an attempt to circulate the Scriptures in the Peninsula George Henry Borrow 1842
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He happened to know a few etymons more correctly, and to have some little acquaintance with black letter literature, and hence thought to give more weight to lexicographical inquiries than had hitherto distinguished them.
Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance Thomas Frognall Dibdin 1811
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Of these Tartar etymons I shall at present content myself with citing one, though, if necessary, it were easy to adduce hundreds.
The Bible in Spain 1712
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The spelling of some words was also changed in the 16th century without any phonetic justification, to tally with their latin etymons:
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] Domergue Sumien 2008
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The spelling of some words was also changed in the 16th century without any phonetic justification, to tally with their latin etymons:
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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Like the dinosaurs, some games have become extinct, known only by their fossilized etymons.
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