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

His belief in a common etymon might be somewhat strengthened by a quotation from a "Journal of What Occurred between the French and Savages," kept during the years 1657-58.

From A Sketch of the History of Oneonta by Campbell, Dudley M.

Richardson is also in favour of this etymon, notwithstanding its harshness and insipidity.

From Notes and Queries, Number 26, April 27, 1850 by Various

But the etymon he proposes is rather unsatisfactory.

From Notes and Queries, No. 209, October 29 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. by Various

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