Etymon #15: the etymons and where they come from

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Yesterday's Etymon, #15: here is each language's etymon, the word that used all seven letters, and where it comes from (from Wiktionary).

English: F C E H L R U

✦ CHEERFUL: From Middle English chereful, cherful, equivalent to cheer + -ful. [More](/word/cheerful)

All 24 words (100 points): cheerful, chef, cuff, feel, fell, feller, flee, fleece, fluff, free, freer, fuehrer, fuel, fuhrer, full, fuller, huff, reef, reefer, refer, referee, refuel, ruff, ruffle.

Español: O D E H I N U

✦ HUNDIENDO: its history isn't in the dictionary yet. More

All 19 words (72 points): dedo, dino, dónde, dudo, heno, hondo, huido, hundido, hundiendo, hundió, indio, nido, nudo, odie, odio, oído, unido, unió, unión.

Français: N C D E F I O

✦ CONFIDENCE: its history isn't in the dictionary yet. More

All 55 words (267 points): ciné, cocon, coin, coincé, coincée, coïncidence, cône, confidence, confié, confiée, confond, décence, décennie, défend, défini, défoncé, défoncée, déni, dénoncé, dinde, dindon, dîne, donc, donné, donnée, enfin, enfonce, fend, fine, fini, finie, foin, fonce, fond, fondé, fondée, icône, incendie, inde, indic, indice, indien, indienne, infini, infinie, info, inné, innocence, inondé, nièce, noce, noie, nonne, once, onde.

Which did you find, and which got away? Today's letters are waiting: [play Etymon #16](/games/etymon).

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