Yesterday's Etymon, #13: here is each language's etymon, the word that used all seven letters, and where it comes from (from Wiktionary).
English: T A D G I M N
✦ ADMITTING (from admit): From Middle English admitten, amitten, borrowed from Old French admettre, amettre (“to admit”), from Latin admittō (“to allow entrance, inlet”, literally “to send to”), from ad- + mittere (“to send”). [More](/word/admit)
✦ INTIMIDATING (from intimidate): From Medieval Latin intimidātus, perfect passive participle of Latin intimidō (“to intimidate, terrify”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from in- (“in”) + timidus (“afraid, timid”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix); see timid. [More](/word/intimidate)
All 33 words (203 points): adamant, admit, admitting, anti, attain, dammit, data, dating, digit, gait, giant, gnat, imitating, indignant, initiating, intimidating, maintain, maintaining, manta, mating, mint, mitigating, mitt, tagging, taiga, taint, taming, tang, tanning, timid, timing, ting, titan.
Español: J A D G O R U
✦ JUGADOR: its history isn't in the dictionary yet. More
✦ JUGADORA: its history isn't in the dictionary yet. More
All 23 words (125 points): aguja, arroja, arrojado, arrojar, arrojó, jaguar, jarra, joda, jugada, jugado, jugador, jugadora, jugar, jugará, jugo, jura, jurada, jurado, jurar, juro, raja, roja, rojo.
Français: N A F I O T X
✦ FIXATION: its history isn't in the dictionary yet. More
All 21 words (86 points): afin, antan, anti, fini, finit, fixation, foin, font, infini, info, initiation, naïf, nain, naît, natation, nation, noix, notion, tant, tantôt, titan.
Which did you find, and which got away? Today's letters are waiting: [play Etymon #14](/games/etymon).
