Yesterday's Etymon, #5: here is each language's etymon, the word that used all seven letters, and where it comes from (from Wiktionary).
English: I C E G H N W
✦ CHEWING: From Middle English chewynge, chewand, from Old English *ċēowende, from Proto-Germanic *kewwandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *kewwaną (“to chew”), equivalent to chew + -ing. [More](/word/chewing)
All 30 words (137 points): chewing, chic, chin, cinch, engine, genie, high, hing, hinge, icing, inch, inning, neigh, neighing, nice, niche, niece, nigh, nine, weenie, weigh, weighing, which, whine, whining, winch, wine, wing, winging, winning.
Español: L A B H N O R
✦ HABLARON: its history isn't in the dictionary yet. More
All 45 words (206 points): alba, allá, árbol, arlo, bala, balón, bola, bollo, habla, hablaba, hablaban, hablan, hablar, hablará, hablarán, hablarlo, hablaron, hablo, hala, hall, halla, hallan, hallar, hallarlo, hallaron, halló, halo, hola, labor, laboral, lana, llora, lloraba, lloran, llorar, lloro, llorón, lobo, lona, loro, olla, olor, oral, robarlo, rollo.
Français: U B E I L O T
✦ BOUTEILLE: its history isn't in the dictionary yet. More
All 36 words (155 points): bleu, bleue, boue, bouée, bouillie, boule, boulet, boulette, boulot, bout, bouteille, bull, bulle, buté, élue, étui, lieu, loué, louée, lutte, oubli, oublié, oubliée, ouïe, ouille, outil, têtu, têtue, toubib, tout, toute, tube, tuée, tutelle, utile, utilité.
Which did you find, and which got away? Today's letters are waiting: [play Etymon #6](/games/etymon).
