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etymon

noun as in etymology

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The old French vairon signifies anything of two colours, and may possibly be the etymon of vaire.

I cannot admit any of these derivations, though perhaps my own etymon may not be deemed less irrelevant, viz.

Were, wert; worth, werth; word and werde, are derived from the same etymon and retain a similarity of meaning.

I am inclined to think, with the two first-mentioned lexicographers, that the etymon is πόσις, or potio.

Will you accept a French elucidation of the etymon of this word, which has sorely puzzled your correspondents?

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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