etymon etymology • etymonic · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · etymon · · Text Latin · · Script 6 · · Length Definitions · · · (noun) a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes. Synonyms: root. · · Noun Definition 1 Synonyms · · · root · · Synonym 1 Characters · · e latin small letter e U+0065 m latin small letter m U+006D n latin small letter n U+006E o latin small letter o U+006F t latin small letter t U+0074 y latin small letter y U+0079