etymon
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The etymon is in old English wrestling�to have on the hip; to render an opponent powerless because tractionless.
From Time Magazine Archive
Gael. arg, white, which has been generally adduced as the etymon of these names, may intermix.
From The River-Names of Europe by Ferguson, Robert
Were, wert; worth, werth; word and werde, are derived from the same etymon and retain a similarity of meaning.
From Lectures on Language As Particularly Connected with English Grammar. by Balch, William Stevens
—Can any of your correspondents refer me to the etymon of this name, given to a vocation attached to our English courts of law?
If this etymon be deemed unsatisfactory, they offer the following: from the Fr. isle, It. isola, Lat. insula, the word island, they say, is easily deflected.
From Notes and Queries, Number 194, July 16, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George
