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etymic (adjective), (not comparable)
1. Of or pertaining to the primitive form of a word.
2. A foreign word from which a particular loan word is derived; for example, Latin tri, "three" is an etymic of English "triple".
3. Relating to the "etymon"; as, "an etymic word" which is a simple form derived from the common element from which related words in several languages can be determined by linguistic processes.
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