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First attested in the late 14th. century, etymologytraces from the Greek etymologia, from etymon "true sense" (neutral of etymos "true," related to eteos"true") + logos "word."

The origin of a word or phrase is its etymology.

The word you're looking for is Etymon (ETYMON) in Greek language.

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Of the same origin can mean the same as many words. I think thes are the best examples. source, root, derivation.

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cognate

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applez

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