etymon

IPA: ɛtʌmʌn

(linguistics) 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.
Meaning as derived and conveyed thereby: The literal meaning of a term according to its origin, which may differ from its usual meaning when the latter relies on idiomatic conventions that are not conveyed by the term alone (that is, they must be known in other ways, such as experience, training, education, or dictionary lookup).

Examples of "etymon" in Sentences

From the and its etymon the; compare.
Either from the or directly from its etymon, the.
From lt;, perhaps ultimately from a etymon akin to.
Not enough data to determine the etymon yet it seems.
From and, the stems of the and its etymon the; compare.
Papyrus is also the etymon of paper, a similar substance.
Hydronyms from various languages can all share a common etymon.
That the etymon was the name of the dawn goddess in origin is also undisputed.
In this case the presence of a high proportion of British regional dialect speakers amongst the convicts and settlers who emigrated or were transported to Australia argues incontrovertibly in favor of a dialect origin if a potential etymon can be shown to exist.