Yesterday's Etymon, #4: here is each language's etymon, the word that used all seven letters, and where it comes from (from Wiktionary).
English: M A E L O R V
✦ REMOVAL: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin removeō Old French removoir Anglo-Norman removerbor. Middle English removen English remove Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English removal From remove + -al. [More](/word/removal)
All 37 words (137 points): alarm, ammo, armor, aroma, evermore, lama, lame, llama, loom, male, mall, mama, mamma, mammal, mare, marvel, meal, memo, mere, molar, mole, moll, moor, moral, morale, more, morel, moreover, move, mover, realm, removal, remove, remover, roam, romeo, room.
Español: G E I L O P R
✦ PELIGRO: its history isn't in the dictionary yet. More
All 26 words (118 points): elegí, elegir, elige, eligió, elogio, gire, giro, golpe, golpeé, golpeó, gorro, griego, grillo, gripe, lego, ligero, llegó, logo, logré, logró, ogro, oigo, pegó, peligro, rigor, rogó.
Français: C A E I M N T
✦ MAINTENANCE: its history isn't in the dictionary yet. More
✦ MENAÇAIT: its history isn't in the dictionary yet. More
All 39 words (238 points): accent, acné, acte, ancien, ancienne, ancienneté, came, cane, canette, canne, cantine, catin, ceci, cécité, cent, centaine, centime, cette, ciment, ciné, cinéma, cité, éminence, enceinte, incite, intact, intacte, maintenance, mécanicien, menaçait, menaçant, menace, menacée, menacent, mince, nièce, tact, tenace, ténacité.
Which did you find, and which got away? Today's letters are waiting: [play Etymon #5](/games/etymon).
