γυῖον + μόνος
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Γυμνός· ὁ ἄνευ ἱματίων. ὥσπερ παρὰ τὸ σκύζω σκυμνός καὶ σέβω σεμνός, οὕτως καὶ παρὰ τὸ κύπτω κυμνός καὶ γυμνός· ὁ γὰρ τοιοῦτος κύπτει κρύβων τὰ αἰδοῖα ὑπὸ αἰδοῦς. ἢ παρὰ τὸ γυῖα μόνα ἔχειν
Translation (En)
Gumnos "naked": without clothes. As from skuzō comes skumnos and from sebō semnos, thus from kuptō comes *kumnos and gumnos. Because such a man walks bending forward, hiding his genitals out of shame. Or form the fact that he has nothing but (mona) his limbs (guia).
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Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 242 (Γυμνός: Ὁ ἄνευ ἱματίων. Ὥσπερ παρὰ τὸ σκύζω σκύμνος, καὶ σέβω σεμνὸς, οὕτω κύπτω κυμνὸς, καὶ γυμνός· ὁ γὰρ τοιοῦτος κύπτει κρύπτων τὰ αἰδοῖα ὑπὸ αἰδοῦς. Ἢ παρὰ τὸ τὰ γυῖα μόνα ἔχειν, τουτέστι τὰ μέλη); Etym. Symeonis, gamma 178 (idem); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, gamma, p. 457 (idem)
Comment
Compositional etymology piecing together the beginning of the first member and a syncopated form of the second member. The naked man has "only his limbs" as he has no clothes