Yesterday's Etymon, #14: here is each language's etymon, the word that used all seven letters, and where it comes from (from Wiktionary).
English: C E I L N P R
✦ PRINCIPLE: From Middle English principle, from Old French principe, from Latin prīncipium (“beginning, foundation”), from prīnceps (“first”). By surface analysis, prīmus (“first”) + -ceps (“catcher”); the former ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- (“before”); see also prince. [More](/word/principle)
All 31 words (171 points): cell, circle, cleric, clinic, clip, clipper, creep, creeper, crepe, crier, cripple, epic, icicle, incline, lice, nice, nicer, niece, pence, pencil, penicillin, picnic, piece, pierce, precipice, price, prince, principle, recipe, relic, rice.
Español: P A C I L M U
✦ CUMPLÍA: its history isn't in the dictionary yet. More
All 24 words (108 points): amplia, aplica, capa, capilla, clip, culpa, cumpla, cumplí, cumplía, cúpula, implica, limpia, mapa, pala, palma, papá, papilla, pica, pila, pilla, pipa, placa, pluma, puma.
Français: L A E G M N R
✦ MÉLANGER: its history isn't in the dictionary yet. More
All 53 words (253 points): alarme, alarmer, alla, allé, allée, alléger, aller, angle, égal, égale, élan, elle, gala, gale, galère, gelé, gelée, geler, général, générale, grêle, lama, lame, langage, largage, large, larme, légal, légale, léger, légère, mâle, malgré, malle, mélange, mélanger, mêle, mêlée, mêler, merle, râle, râler, réel, réelle, régal, régale, régaler, réglage, règle, réglée, régler, réglera, rénale.
Which did you find, and which got away? Today's letters are waiting: [play Etymon #15](/games/etymon).
