Template:Etym

{{

 #while:
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 #while:
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}} }}.

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The following documentation is located at Template:Etym/doc. ^[edit]

Useful links: subpage list • links • redirects • transclusions • errors (parser/module) • sandbox

This is to show the etymology of a word:

{{Etym|<< word one ! meaning one # LangOne | << word two ! meaning two # LangTwo | word ! meaning of word # a + two ! meaning of two # b}}

Produces

{{

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 | << word one ! meaning one # LangOne 
 |From  LangOne  word one (meaning one),  }}.

Usage

The format to use this is {{Etym|<command>}}, where <command> is a string composed of a series of, at least one, inputs separated by a pipe |

Each input is built s follows:

Choose whether your word is a compound or not

• A + B if it's a compound
• << A if it isn't

Let A and B be in one of the following formats:

• word
• word ! gloss
• word # language (if it's not a compound), lang can be the full language name of the ISO code
• word ! gloss # language (if it's not a compound)

Examples

{{Etym|<< word}} {{

 #while:
 | << word
 |From  word }}.

{{Etym|<< word # lang}} {{

 #while:
 | << word # lang
 |From  lang  word }}.

{{Etym|<< word ! gloss # lang}} {{

 #while:
 | << word ! gloss # lang
 |From  lang  word (gloss) }}.

{{Etym| word1 + word2}} {{

 #while:
 |  word1 + word1
 |{{ 
 #while:
 | word1 
 |

}} }}.

{{Etym| word1 ! gloss1 + word2 ! gloss2}} {{

 #while:
 |  word1 ! gloss1 + word2 ! gloss2
 |{{ 
 #while:
 | word1 ! gloss1 
 |

}} }}.

{{Etym| word1 + word2 ! gloss2}} {{

 #while:
 |  word1 + word2 ! gloss2 
 |{{ 
 #while:
 | word1 
 |

}} }}.

{{Etym|<< word ! gloss # lang | << word ! gloss # lang}} {{

 #while:
 | << word1 ! gloss1 # lang1 
 |From  lang1  word1 (gloss1),  }}.