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

Förstemann finds an etymon in Old High German stur, Old Norse stôr, great.

From The River-Names of Europe by Ferguson, Robert

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.

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

Arena is from the same etymon, altered in application.

From Lectures on Language As Particularly Connected with English Grammar. by Balch, William Stevens