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
Hence the locality was termed by them Cold Harbour, corrupted, Cădhārber, and the etymon remains to this day.
From Notes and Queries, Number 51, October 19, 1850 by Various
The idea of Yahweh, or Yah, is palpably Egyptian, the Ankh or ever-living One: the etymon, however, was learned at Babylon and is still found amongst the cuneiforms.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
—Can any of your correspondents refer me to the etymon of this name, given to a vocation attached to our English courts of law?
The old French vairon signifies anything of two colours, and may possibly be the etymon of vaire.
From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
