Template:Etymology/doc

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{{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}}).

Usage

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext"> from Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. orthography1' meaning1

          ', Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found.  orthography2' meaning2
          ', and Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found.  orthography3' meaning3 ... '

</syntaxhighlight>

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 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. anniversarius 'returning annually'; from annus 'year', and versus 'to turn') `'''Anniversary''' ({{etymology\|la\|anniversarius\|returning annually}}; {{etymology\|\|annus\|year\|\|versus\|to turn}})`
Biology (from Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. βίος (bios) 'life', and λογία (logia) 'study of') `'''Biology''' ({{etymology\|grc\|''βίος'' (bios)\|life\|\|''λογία'' (logia)\|study of}})`
Café (from Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found.) `'''Café''' ({{ety\|fr}})`
Dinosaur (from Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. 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 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. 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 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. ngoja 'wait', kidogo 'a little', and bush) `'''Ngoja kidogo bush''' ({{etymology\|sw\|ngoja\|wait\|\|kidogo\|a little\|\|[[Shrub\|bush]]}})`
Sesquipedalophobia (from Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. sesquipedalia verba 'words a foot-and-a-half long'; from sēsqui 'one and a half', pedālis 'foot', and Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. 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 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. ἔτυμον' 'true sense', and λογία' '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 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. ξύλον (xylon) 'wood', and Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. sound) `'''Xylophone''' ({{etymology\|grc\|''ξύλον'' (xylon)\|wood\|''φωνή'' (phone)\|sound}})` Note: Parameters must be grouped into triplets.
Zeitgeist ({{etymology}} requires 1st or 2nd parameter in each triplet!) `'''Zeitgeist''' ({{etymology\|\|\|spirit of the time}})` Note: The language or orthography may be omitted, but not both.

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData documentation for the template used by the new VisualEditor.

Etymology

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