Ĕt'ymon, n.

n.; Eng. pl. ĔT'Y-MONS; Gr. pl. ĔT'Y-MA. [Gr. ἔτυμον, the true literal sense of a word according to its derivation, from ἔτυμος, true, real, from ἐτός, true, real.]

1. An original form; primitive word; root.
2. Original or fundamental signification. [Rare.]

The import here given as the etymon or genuine sense of the word. Coleridge.