ഫലകം: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 single quotes (apostrophes) before and after to avoid automatic italicizing (see ), followed by a transliteration within parentheses.
• 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 ലത്തീൻ anniversarius, meaning "returning annually"; from annus, meaning "year", and versus, meaning "to turn") '''Anniversary''' ({{etymology|la|anniversarius|returning annually}}; {{etymology||annus|year||versus|to turn}})
Biology (from Ancient Greek βίος (bios), meaning "life", and λογία (logia), meaning "study of") '''Biology''' ({{etymology|grc|''βίος'' (bios)|life||''λογία'' (logia)|study of}})
Café (from ഫ്രഞ്ച്) '''Café''' ({{ety|fr}})
Dinosaur (from Ancient Greek δεινός (deinos), meaning "terrible, powerful, wondrous", and σαῦρος (sauros), meaning "lizard") '''Dinosaur''' ({{etymology|grc|''δεινός'' (deinos)|terrible, powerful, wondrous||''σαῦρος'' (sauros)|lizard}})
Eukaryote (ഉച്ചരിക്കുന്നത് /juːˈkæri.oʊt/ ew-KARR-ee-oht or /juːˈkæriət/; from Ancient Greek ευ (eu), meaning "good", and κάρυον (karyon), meaning "nut, kernel") '''Eukaryote''' ({{IPA-en|juːˈkæri.oʊt|pron}} {{respell|ew|KARR|ee-oht}} or {{IPA-en|juːˈkæriət|}}; {{etymology|grc|''ευ'' (eu)|good||''κάρυον'' (karyon)|nut, kernel}})
Ngoja kidogo bush (from Swahili ngoja, meaning "wait", kidogo, meaning "a little", and bush) '''Ngoja kidogo bush''' ({{etymology|sw|ngoja|wait||kidogo|a little||[[Shrub|bush]]}})
Sesquipedalophobia (from ലത്തീൻ sesquipedalia verba, meaning "words a foot-and-a-half long"; from sēsqui, meaning "one and a half", pedālis, meaning "foot", and Ancient Greek φόβος (phobos), meaning "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}}