It happens, perhaps yet more frequently, that a German name, which cannot be explained by anything within the range of Teutonic dialects, may find a sufficient etymon from the Celtic.
It is further not quite impossible that Duerg may be also the original of Trasgo, a word for which we believe no etymon has been proposed.
This is my idea of the etymon of these two common terms.
I cannot admit any of these derivations, though perhaps my ownetymon may not be deemed less irrelevant, viz.
The old French vairon signifies anything of two colours, and may possibly be the etymon of vaire.
Perhaps this [last] term is that by which the Greeks anciently designated the Arabs; the etymon of the word certainly strengthens the idea.
Vossius, who agree that the Arabian name of Bacchus is Meses; and the identity is further proved, inasmuch as the etymon of the two words is the same, signifying saved from the waters.
Is it possible to indicate a satisfactory etymon for every proper name of the Greek mythology?
If the name Yehûdâ could be referred to an etymon which exhibited a solar signification, we should decide for the former alternative, on account of the solar characteristics which are attached to the name.
Sometimes, lastly, the etymon is given correctly, while its original relation to the person bearing the name is lost with the loss of the mythical consciousness.
But theetymon he proposes is rather unsatisfactory.
The shape of the towne, and Etymon of the name, may be learned out of this Cornish propheticall rime.
It however has greater resemblance of puke, to which no etymon has been assigned.
True science would take the Latin etymon as the source of every word ending in ive, and divide every one of them between the consonants, regardless of the fact that some such words did not exist in Latin.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "etymon" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: cognate; derivation; doublet; primitive; root
