Crossword-Solution: ETYMON
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Etymon | n. | An original form; primitive word; root. |
| Etymon | n. | Original or fundamental signification. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| ETYMON | anagram | TOYMEN |
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Hint 1 meaning
The transparent part of the coat of the eyeball which
covers the iris and pupil and admits light to the interior. See Eye.
Hint 2 anagram
EANORC
Hint 3 another clue
COVER THE EYES
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Sentences with ETYMON (5)
But, “Nous faisons les Dieux à notre image et nous portons dans le ciel ce que nous voyons sur la terre.” 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.
Geddes observes that the root or etymon of the term _tinshemet_ denotes _breathing_ or _respiring_,--a description which is supposed to point to a well-known quality in the swan, that of being able to respire a long time with its bill and neck under water, and even plunged in mud.
The shape of the towne, and Etymon of the name, may be learned out of this Cornish propheticall rime.
Hence the locality was termed by them Cold Harbour, corrupted, Cadharber, and the etymon remains to this day.
The notion that any sect or class of religionists should have borrowed its name from that of its most zealous opponent and indefatigable persecutor, is worthy only of those critics, so severely reprehended by Quintilian, who professed to discover the etymon of the Latin word _lucus_, a grove, in the substantive _lux_, light; and vindicated the derivation on the ground, that in groves darkness usually prevailed.
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Crossroads, LAT, Newsday, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WP.
Used 21 times in crossword archives (1966–2019).