étimo

See also: etimo

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin etymon, from Ancient Greek ἔτυμον (étumon, “the true sense of a word according to its origin”), from ἔτυμος (étumos, “true, real, actual”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.t͡ʃi.mu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.t͡ʃi.mu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.t͡ʃi.mo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ti.mu/

• Hyphenation: é‧ti‧mo

Noun

étimo m (plural étimos)

1. etymon (source word)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔτυμον (étumon, “true sense of a word”), from ἔτυμος (étumos, “true, real”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈetimo/ [ˈe.t̪i.mo]
• Rhymes: -etimo
• Syllabification: é‧ti‧mo

Noun

étimo m (plural étimos)

1. etymon

Related terms

• etimología

 

Further reading

• “étimo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014