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 double inverted commas to avoid automatic italicizing (see MOS:Ety), followed by a transliteration within parentheses.
• meaning: Concise English meaning of the word. This could be a link if appropriate.

Note: 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, 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 French, meaning "coffee, coffeehouse")
'''Café''' ({{etymology|fr||coffee, coffeehouse}})
Café (from French)
'''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 (pronounced /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 English bush)
'''Ngoja kidogo bush''' ({{etymology|sw|ngoja|wait||kidogo|a little|en|bush}})
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 Latin 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}})
Sesquipedalophobia (from Latin sesquipedalia verba, meaning "words a foot-and-a-half long", and phobia)
'''Sesquipedalophobia''' ({{ety|la|sesquipedalia verba|words a foot-and-a-half long||[[phobia]]}})
Invalid Examples
Etymology from Greek ἔτυμον', meaning "true sense", and -λογία', meaning "study of-"
'''Etymology''' {{ety|gre|''ἔτυμον''|true sense||''-λογία''|study of-}}
Xylophone (from Ancient Greek ξύλον (xylon), meaning "wood", and [[Template:ISO 639 name ''φωνή'' (phone) language|Template:ISO 639 name ''φωνή'' (phone)]] sound)
'''Xylophone''' ({{Etymology|grc|''ξύλον'' (xylon)|wood|''φωνή'' (phone)|sound}})
Zeitgeist ()
'''Zeitgeist''' ({{etymology|||spirit of the time}})