etymon
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The etymon is in old English wrestling�to have on the hip; to render an opponent powerless because tractionless.
From Time Magazine Archive
Förstemann finds an etymon in Old High German stur, Old Norse stôr, great.
From The River-Names of Europe by Ferguson, Robert
And that yt is the kingdome of Mercia, the etymon of the woorde doth teache; for þÿk in the saxon tonge signyfyethe a kingdome; meþcen signyfyethe markes or boundes or marches of Countryes.
From Animaduersions uppon the annotacions and corrections of some imperfections of impressiones of Chaucer's workes 1865 edition by Kingsley, G. H. (George Henry)
But the etymon he proposes is rather unsatisfactory.
From Notes and Queries, No. 209, October 29 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. by Various
—Can any of your correspondents refer me to the etymon of this name, given to a vocation attached to our English courts of law?
