The Yoga Vasistha

About Etymons

The etymon is the literal meaning of a word at its origin.  Etymon is from the Greek word eteos  which means 'true'.  

When etymons are used in this site, they are presented like this (using the word etymon as an example):

Etymon 

        (Greek) eteos =  true

As language springs from the effort to communicate concepts, looking at the earliest roots of language helps reveal the concepts which inform the word.

Verbal statements (whether they are verbose or brief, whether their purport is subtle or transcendental) are all limited by logic, by duality and division.