Yesterday's Etymon, #12: here is each language's etymon, the word that used all seven letters, and where it comes from (from Wiktionary).
English: N D G H I O T
✦ GOODNIGHT: From good + night. [More](/word/goodnight)
All 46 words (228 points): digging, ding, dinging, dingo, dining, dodging, dogging, doing, dong, doting, going, gong, goodnight, goon, hiding, hind, hing, hint, hinting, hitting, hogging, hooting, ignition, indigo, inning, into, nigh, night, ninth, nodding, noggin, noon, nothing, noting, notion, ongoing, onion, onto, thin, thing, thinning, thong, ting, tong, tonight, tooting.
Español: L A B F M O R
✦ ALFOMBRA: its history isn't in the dictionary yet. More
All 51 words (224 points): alarma, alba, alfa, alfombra, allá, alma, amarla, amarlo, árbol, arlo, bala, bola, bollo, falla, fallar, fallo, farol, flor, flora, folla, formal, labor, laboral, lama, llama, llamaba, llámala, llámalo, llamar, llamará, llamarla, llamarlo, llamo, llora, lloraba, llorar, lloro, lobo, lomo, loro, mala, malla, malo, mármol, mola, moral, olla, olor, oral, robarlo, rollo.
Français: B A E G L N O
✦ BAGNOLE: its history isn't in the dictionary yet. More
All 24 words (111 points): abbé, bagage, bagel, bagnole, balle, ballon, banal, banale, banane, bang, bébé, belge, belle, benne, blog, bonne, global, globale, globe, gobé, label, labo, lobe, noble.
Which did you find, and which got away? Today's letters are waiting: [play Etymon #13](/games/etymon).
