Template:Etymology/doc

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}}).

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 thin space (  or  ), to avoid text formatting problems.
• 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
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/ yoo-KARR-ee-oht, /juːˈkæriət/; from Ancient Greek ευ (eu) 'good' and κάρυον (karyon) 'nut, kernel') '''Eukaryote''' ({{IPAc-en|j|uː|ˈ|k|ær|i|oʊ|t}} {{respell|yoo|KARR|ee|oht}}, {{IPAc-en|j|uː|ˈ|k|ær|i|ə|t}}; {{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', meaning 'true sense', and λογία', meaning 'study of' '''Etymology''' {{ety|gre|''ἔτυμον''|true sense||''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), meaning 'wood', and φωνή (phone) sound) '''Xylophone''' ({{Etymology|grc|''ξύλον'' (xylon)|wood|''φωνή'' (phone)|sound}}) Note: Parameters must be grouped into triplets.
Zeitgeist () '''Zeitgeist''' ({{etymology|||spirit of the time}}) Note: The language or orthography may be omitted, but not both.

See also

• {{Etymology section}}
• {{Place name etymologies}}
• {{Roma etymology}}
• {{Missing|etymology}}