Yesterday's Etymon, #9: here is each language's etymon, the word that used all seven letters, and where it comes from (from Wiktionary).
English: G A I L N P Y
✦ APPLYING (from apply): Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *pel- Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ-der. Latin plicō Latin applicō Old French applierbor. Middle English aplien English apply Inherited from Middle English aplien, borrowed from Old French applier, from Latin applicō, from ad- + plicō (“fold; arrive”). See applicant, ply. [More](/word/apply)
✦ PLAYING: From Middle English playing; equivalent to play + -ing. [More](/word/playing)
All 46 words (270 points): again, aging, ailing, align, angina, angling, appalling, applying, gagging, gain, gaining, gala, gall, gang, ganging, gaping, giggling, gill, inning, lagging, lapping, laying, ling, lining, lying, nagging, nailing, napping, nipping, pagan, paging, paining, pang, panning, paying, piggy, piling, ping, pinging, pining, pinning, piping, planning, playing, yang, yapping.
Español: O A D I L N Z
✦ ANALIZADO: its history isn't in the dictionary yet. More
✦ ANALIZANDO: its history isn't in the dictionary yet. More
All 42 words (176 points): aliado, analizado, analizando, andado, andando, ando, anillo, dado, dalo, dando, dilo, dino, dolía, dolido, dolió, dona, ídolo, indio, lado, lanzado, lanzando, lanzó, lazo, liado, lidiando, lindo, lino, lodo, lona, nadando, nado, nido, odia, odiado, odian, odio, oído, olía, olido, olla, onda, zona.
Français: L A I M N P T
✦ IMPLANT: its history isn't in the dictionary yet. More
All 23 words (114 points): alla, allait, allant, animal, appli, implant, initial, lait, lama, lapin, latin, lima, mail, malin, matinal, milan, militant, natal, palpitant, plaint, plaît, plan, plat.
Which did you find, and which got away? Today's letters are waiting: [play Etymon #10](/games/etymon).
