Etymon has 2 different meanings across 1 category:
Noun
Noun
1
a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes
2
The original or earlier form of an inherited or borrowed word, affix, or morpheme either from an earlier period in a language's development, from an ancestral language, or from a foreign language.
Broader Terms (hypernyms)