etymons
- plural of etymon.
Example Sentences
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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.
From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
Narrow etymons of the mere scholar and loose locutions of the ignorant are alike denied a standing.
From Write It Right A Little Blacklist of Literary Faults by Bierce, Ambrose
I will even allow, willingly, that a more perfect Hebrew scholar than myself may esteem my etymons fanciful and incorrect.
From Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities by Inman, Thomas
Who shall decide how much our fretwork owes to each of these possible etymons?
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest
Ask for their etymons and meaning, and then decide.
From Lectures on Language As Particularly Connected with English Grammar. by Balch, William Stevens
