Enter etymological information

  1. Insert Etymology.

The Etymology field becomes a header field to a set of fields.

If necessary, configure the writing systems in any of the fields.

  1. Do any of these steps:

Enter (type or paste) a word, phrase or symbol to introduce the etymology or borrowing, such as from, borrowed from, possibly or <.

Enter the etymon or proto form of the headword. You can enter them in one or more different writing systems.

Choose one or more source languages that correspond to the contents in the Source Form field.

Enter information about the source language or languages.

Enter the gloss of the form or forms in the Source Form field.

Enter a brief comment than you want to see at the end of the etymological information in the dictionary entry.

Enter the source of the etymological information.

Enter a note for the lexicographer (not for publication).

  1. Insert another set of fields for other etymological information, if necessary.

  2. Reorder the etymologies if you inserted more than one and the order in Dictionary is not right.

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