PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD
ALL DISPUTES ↗One scholarly question. Every attached source. The present editorial state, without pretending the last word has been written.
No. Merriam-Webster defines it as an earlier same-language or ancestral form, a foreign loan source, or a word or morpheme used in composition or derivation.
/ˈe-tə-ˌmän/ · noun
A technical English noun for an earlier source form, a foreign donor, or a base used in composition or derivation.
DIRECT CLAIM EVIDENCE
A citation is not a vote. Each record says whether the work supports, challenges, contradicts, or contextualizes the position—and identifies the exact locus used.
Shows that an etymon may be an intermediate, foreign, or derivational source.
Definitions 1a, 1b, and 2The truth claim uses the dictionary’s full definition rather than a simplified slogan.