From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Etymon \Et"y*mon\, noun; pl. E. {Etymons}, Gr. {Etyma}. [L., fr. Gr. 'e'tymon the true literal sense of a word according to its derivation, an etymon, fr. ? true, real, prob, akin to Skr. sotya, E. sooth. See {Sooth}.]
1. An original form; primitive word; root.
2. Original or fundamental signification. [R.]
Given as the etymon or genuine sense of the word. --Coleridge.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes [syn: {root}] [also: {etyma} (pl)]
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