Template:Etymology

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{{etyTemplate:Ety}}

Takes 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}}).^{[clarification needed]}

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 is not written using the Latin script, the orthography should be surrounded by two straight single quotation marks (vertical apostrophes) '' before and after to avoid automatic italicizing (see MOS:BADITALICS), 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 (&hairsp;) or thin space ( ), to avoid text formatting problems.
- If the original language has no writing system, a transcription can be provided within parentheses.
meaning: Concise English meaning (gloss) 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).
This template may also be coded using the shortened form, {{ety}}.
If this template is used in a footnote and sentence case is preferable, the initial letter can be uppercased by using the magic word {{ucfirst:}}.

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
Anniversary (from Latin anniversarius 'returning annually'; from annus 'year' and versus 'to turn') '''Anniversary''' ({{etymology\|la\|anniversarius\|returning annually}}; {{etymology\|\|annus\|year\|\|versus\|to turn}})
Biology (from Ancient Greek βίος (bios) 'life' and λογία (logia) 'study of') '''Biology''' ({{etymology\|grc\|''βίος'' (bios)\|life\|\|''λογία'' (logia)\|study of}})
Café (from French) '''Café''' ({{ety\|fr}})
Dinosaur (from Ancient Greek δεινός (deinos) 'terrible, powerful, wondrous' and σαῦρος (sauros) 'lizard') '''Dinosaur''' ({{etymology\|grc\|''δεινός'' (deinos)\|terrible, powerful, wondrous\|\|''σαῦρος'' (sauros)\|lizard}})
Eukaryote (/juːˈkærioʊt, -ət/ yoo-KARR-ee-oht, -⁠ət; from Ancient Greek ευ (eu) 'good' and κάρυον (karyon) 'nut, kernel') '''Eukaryote''' ({{IPAc-en\|j\|uː\|ˈ\|k\|ær\|i\|oʊ\|t\|,_\|-\|ə\|t}} {{respell\|yoo\|KARR\|ee\|oht\|,_\|-\|ət}}; {{etymology\|grc\|''ευ'' (eu)\|good\|\|''κάρυον'' (karyon)\|nut, kernel}})
Ngoja kidogo bush (from Swahili ngoja 'wait', kidogo 'a little' and bush) '''Ngoja kidogo bush''' ({{etymology\|sw\|ngoja\|wait\|\|kidogo\|a little\|\|[[Shrub\|bush]]}})
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') '''Sesquipedalophobia''' ({{etymology\|la\|sesquipedalia verba\|words a foot-and-a-half long}}; {{etymology\|\|sēsqui\|one and a half\|\|pedālis\|foot\|grc\|''φόβος'' (phobos)\|fear}})
Invalid examples
Etymology (from Greek ἔτυμον' 'true sense' and λογία' 'study of') '''Etymology''' ({{ety\|gre\|''ἔτυμον''\|true sense\|\|''λογία''\|study of}}) 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) '''Xylophone''' ({{etymology\|grc\|''ξύλον'' (xylon)\|wood\|''φωνή'' (phone)\|sound}}) Parameters must be grouped into triplets.
Zeitgeist ({{etymology}} requires 1st or 2nd parameter in each triplet!) '''Zeitgeist''' ({{etymology\|\|\|spirit of the time}}) The language or orthography may be omitted, but not both.

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TemplateData for Etymology

Takes groups of three parameters (triplets) that indicate a part of an etymology and produces formatted output

Template parameters[Edit template data]
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Language 1	`1`	ISO 639 code or name for the language of the word or first root Example gre	String	suggested
Orthography 1	`2`	How the word or first root is written in the original language Example ''βίος'' (bios)	String	suggested
Meaning 1	`3`	Concise English meaning of the word or first root Example life	String	suggested
Language 2	`4`	ISO 639 code or name for the language of the second root	String	optional
Orthography 2	`5`	How the second root is written in the original language	String	optional
Meaning 2	`6`	Concise English meaning of the second root	String	optional
Language 3	`7`	ISO 639 code or name for the language of the third root	String	optional
Orthography 3	`8`	How the third root is written in the original language	String	optional
Meaning 3	`9`	Concise English meaning of the third root	String	optional
Language 4	`10`	ISO 639 code or name for the language of the fourth root	String	optional
Orthography 4	`11`	How the fourth root is written in the original language	String	optional
Meaning 4	`12`	Concise English meaning of the fourth root	String	optional
Language 5	`13`	ISO 639 code or name for the language of the fifth root	String	optional
Orthography 5	`14`	How the fifth root is written in the original language	String	optional
Meaning 5	`15`	Concise English meaning of the fifth root	String	optional
Language 6	`16`	ISO 639 code or name for the language of the sixth root	String	optional
Orthography 6	`17`	How the sixth root is written in the original language	String	optional
Meaning 6	`18`	Concise English meaning of the sixth root	String	optional

Subtemplates

{{Etymology/lang}}