uralic austronesian etymology word ''etymology'' derives greek word meaning true sense sense truth suffix '' logia'' denoting study term ''etymon'' refers word morpheme eg stem root later word morpheme derives example latin word ''candidus'' means white etymon english ''candid'' relationships often less transparent however english place names winchester gloucester tadcaster share different modern forms suffixed etymon meaningful latin ''castrum'' 'fort'
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