Yesterday's Etymon, #10: here is each language's etymon, the word that used all seven letters, and where it comes from (from Wiktionary).
English: P E I M O R V
✦ IMPROVE: From Anglo-Norman emprouwer, from Old French en- + prou (“profit”), from Vulgar Latin prode (“advantageous, profitable”). [More](/word/improve)
All 41 words (153 points): emperor, empire, improper, improve, mope, peep, peer, pepper, perm, perv, pier, pimp, pipe, piper, poem, pomp, poop, poor, poorer, pope, popper, pore, premier, premiere, prep, prim, prime, primer, prior, prom, promo, prop, proper, prove, reprieve, ripe, ripper, romp, rope, roper, viper.
Español: C B I L O R U
✦ CUBRIRLO: its history isn't in the dictionary yet. More
All 35 words (159 points): bíblico, bici, ciclo, circo, círculo, clic, cloro, club, cobro, coco, colocó, color, coro, corrí, corrió, corro, crío, cubículo, cubo, cubrió, cubrir, cubrirlo, cubro, cuco, curó, curro, licor, loco, lucio, lucir, lucro, ocurrió, ocurrir, rico, rocío.
Français: G E M N O R T
✦ GROGNEMENT: its history isn't in the dictionary yet. More
All 36 words (188 points): égorger, gêne, gênée, gênent, gêner, génère, générer, genre, gère, gérer, gomme, gone, gong, gore, gorge, gorgée, green, grogne, grognement, grognon, groom, grotte, mégère, ogre, orge, régent, règne, régner, regorge, regret, regrette, regretter, rogne, ronge, ronger, tong.
Which did you find, and which got away? Today's letters are waiting: [play Etymon #11](/games/etymon).
