Template:Etymology
Template documentationTakes groups of three parameters (triplets) that indicate a part of an etymology and produces formatted output. It is highly recommended that in-line etymologies be placed within parentheses, i.e. ({{etymology}}).
Usage
{{etymology|''language1''|''orthography1''|''meaning1''
|''language2''|''orthography2''|''meaning2''
|''language3''|''orthography3''|''meaning3'' ... }}Between one and six triplets can be specified, each of which can have the following parameters (which can be left blank or, at the end of the list, omitted entirely):
- language: The ISO 639 code or name for the language. This might be omitted if the language is obvious (e.g. the same as the language of the previous part, or English).
- orthography: How the word or words are written in the original language. If the original language uses a non-Latin alphabet the orthography should be surrounded by two straight single quotation marks (vertical apostrophes)
''before and after to avoid automatic italicizing (see MOS:Ety), followed by a transliteration within parentheses. If a transliteration is not needed, the final set of single quotation marks must be followed by a character, such as a hair space ( or - meaning: Concise English meaning of the word. This could be a link if appropriate.
- Notes
- For each triplet, at least one of language and orthography must be specified (non-blank).
- If the original language uses a non-Latin alphabet (or no alphabet at all), the orthography should be followed by a transliteration within parentheses.
- This template may also be coded using the shortened form,
{{ety}}.
Examples
Here is a wide selection of examples showing how one might use the {{etymology}} template, with various alternatives for some words. Invalid examples are also shown below.
| Valid examples |
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| Anniversary (from Latin anniversarius 'returning annually'; from annus 'year' and versus 'to turn')
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| Biology (from Ancient Greek βίος (bios) 'life' and λογία (logia) 'study of')
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| Café (from French)
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| Dinosaur (from Ancient Greek δεινός (deinos) 'terrible, powerful, wondrous' and σαῦρος (sauros) 'lizard')
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| Eukaryote (/juːˈkærioʊt, -ət/ yoo-KARR-ee-oht, -ət; from Ancient Greek ευ (eu) 'good' and κάρυον (karyon) 'nut, kernel')
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| Ngoja kidogo bush (from Swahili ngoja 'wait' kidogo 'a little' and bush)
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| Sesquipedalophobia (from Latin sesquipedalia verba 'words a foot-and-a-half long'; from sēsqui 'one and a half' pedālis 'foot' and Ancient Greek φόβος (phobos) 'fear')
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| Invalid examples |
| Etymology (from Greek ἔτυμον' 'true sense' and λογία' 'study of')
Note: If the original language uses a non-Latin alphabet the orthography should be followed by a transliteration within parentheses. |
| Xylophone (from Ancient Greek ξύλον (xylon) 'wood' and φωνή (phone) sound)
Note: Parameters must be grouped into triplets. |
| Zeitgeist ({{etymology}} requires 1st or 2nd parameter in each triplet!)
Note: The language or orthography may be omitted, but not both. |
TemplateData
TemplateData for Etymology
<templatedata> { "description": "Takes groups of three parameters (triplets) that indicate a part of an etymology and produces formatted output", "params": { "1": { "label": "Language 1", "type": "string", "required": false, "suggested": true, "deprecated": false, "description": "ISO 639 code or name for the language of the word or first root", "example": "gre" }, "2": { "label": "Orthography 1", "type": "string", "required": false, "suggested": true, "deprecated": false, "description": "How the word or first root is written in the original language", "example": "βίος (bios)" }, "3": { "label": "Meaning 1", "type": "string", "required": false, "suggested": true, "deprecated": false, "description": "Concise English meaning of the word or first root", "example": "life" }, "4": { "label": "Language 2", "type": "string", "required": false, "deprecated": false, "description": "ISO 639 code or name for the language of the second root" }, "5": { "label": "Orthography 2", "type": "string", "required": false, "suggested": false, "deprecated": false, "description": "How the second root is written in the original language" }, "6": { "label": "Meaning 2", "type": "string", "required": false, "suggested": false, "deprecated": false, "description": "Concise English meaning of the second root" }, "7": { "label": "Language 3", "type": "string", "required": false, "deprecated": false, "description": "ISO 639 code or name for the language of the third root" }, "8": { "label": "Orthography 3", "type": "string", "required": false, "suggested": false, "deprecated": false, "description": "How the third root is written in the original language" }, "9": { "label": "Meaning 3", "type": "string", "required": false, "suggested": false, "deprecated": false, "description": "Concise English meaning of the third root" }, "10": { "label": "Language 4", "type": "string", "required": false, "deprecated": false, "description": "ISO 639 code or name for the language of the fourth root" }, "11": { "label": "Orthography 4", "type": "string", "required": false, "suggested": false, "deprecated": false, "description": "How the fourth root is written in the original language" }, "12": { "label": "Meaning 4", "type": "string", "required": false, "suggested": false, "deprecated": false, "description": "Concise English meaning of the fourth root" }, "13": { "label": "Language 5", "type": "string", "required": false, "deprecated": false, "description": "ISO 639 code or name for the language of the fifth root" }, "14": { "label": "Orthography 5", "type": "string", "required": false, "suggested": false, "deprecated": false, "description": "How the fifth root is written in the original language" }, "15": { "label": "Meaning 5", "type": "string", "required": false, "suggested": false, "deprecated": false, "description": "Concise English meaning of the fifth root" }, "16": { "label": "Language 6", "type": "string", "required": false, "deprecated": false, "description": "ISO 639 code or name for the language of the sixth root" }, "17": { "label": "Orthography 6", "type": "string", "required": false, "suggested": false, "deprecated": false, "description": "How the sixth root is written in the original language" }, "18": { "label": "Meaning 6", "type": "string", "required": false, "suggested": false, "deprecated": false, "description": "Concise English meaning of the sixth root" } } } </templatedata>
See also
- {{Etymology section}}
- {{Place name etymologies}}
- {{Missing|etymology}}