Yesterday's Etymon, #11: here is each language's etymon, the word that used all seven letters, and where it comes from (from Wiktionary).
English: L A D N R U Y
✦ LAUNDRY: From Middle English lavendrie, from Old French lavanderie, from Latin lavandaria. See launder. [More](/word/laundry)
All 21 words (83 points): ally, annual, annually, dual, dull, duly, lady, land, landau, landlady, lard, laundry, luau, lull, lunar, null, rally, rural, ulna, unduly, unruly.
Español: C F I L N O T
✦ CONFLICTO: its history isn't in the dictionary yet. More
All 28 words (140 points): ciclo, cinco, cínico, cito, clic, clínico, clon, cocino, coco, colocó, colón, confío, conflicto, cono, conocí, conoció, contó, ficción, foco, icono, inclino, inicio, loción, loco, noción, oficio, tocino, tocó.
Français: O A E I L N T
✦ LOINTAINE: its history isn't in the dictionary yet. More
✦ NATIONALE: its history isn't in the dictionary yet. More
✦ NATIONALITÉ: its history isn't in the dictionary yet. More
✦ TONALITÉ: its history isn't in the dictionary yet. More
All 45 words (314 points): allô, attention, attentionné, étalon, étoile, étonnant, étonnante, étonne, étonnée, initiation, intello, intention, intentionnel, latino, lion, loin, lointain, lointaine, lolita, lotion, loto, natation, nation, national, nationale, nationalité, nettoie, noël, noie, nonne, note, notion, talon, tantôt, tentation, téton, toile, toilette, toit, tôle, tonalité, tonne, total, totale, totalité.
Which did you find, and which got away? Today's letters are waiting: [play Etymon #12](/games/etymon).
