Yesterday's Etymon, #8: here is each language's etymon, the word that used all seven letters, and where it comes from (from Wiktionary).
English: R A D J N O U
✦ ADJOURN: From Middle English ajournen, from Old French ajorner (French ajourner), from the phrase a jor (nomé) ("to an (appointed) day"). [More](/word/adjourn)
All 18 words (72 points): adjourn, adorn, ajar, around, aura, aurora, darn, donor, door, juror, odor, radar, rand, road, roan, roar, round, runaround.
Español: O A C E I N U
✦ ECUACIÓN: its history isn't in the dictionary yet. More
All 39 words (227 points): acción, anciano, anuncio, cacao, canción, canoa, cinco, cínico, coca, cocaína, cocina, cocine, cocino, coco, conciencia, cono, conoce, conocen, conocí, conocía, conocían, conoció, cuco, cuenco, ecuación, enano, icono, iniciación, inicio, inocencia, nació, nación, necio, noción, océano, once, único, unió, unión.
Français: A B E M O T U
✦ TOMBEAU: its history isn't in the dictionary yet. More
All 28 words (117 points): abat, abattu, abattue, abbé, about, août, atome, atout, aube, auto, bambou, bateau, batte, battu, battue, baume, beau, beauté, bêta, état, mama, mate, tabou, tatoué, tomate, tomba, tombeau, tuba.
Which did you find, and which got away? Today's letters are waiting: [play Etymon #9](/games/etymon).
