Yesterday's Etymon, #16: here is each language's etymon, the word that used all seven letters, and where it comes from (from Wiktionary).
English: I A F M N R Y
✦ INFIRMARY: From Medieval Latin infirmaria, from Latin infirmus. [More](/word/infirmary)
All 27 words (112 points): affair, affirm, airman, airy, aria, fain, fair, fairy, firm, friar, iffy, imam, infamy, infirmary, mafia, maim, main, mania, maria, marina, marinara, mini, ninny, rain, rainy, riff, riffraff.
Español: R B E M N T V
✦ BREVEMENTE: its history isn't in the dictionary yet. More
All 30 words (164 points): beber, beberé, bree, bren, breve, brevemente, enteré, enteren, enterré, entre, entren, entrené, entretener, éter, meter, meteré, meterme, meterte, rene, retener, retrete, temer, tener, tenerme, tenerte, tren, veer, veré, verme, verte.
Français: F E I O P R T
✦ PROFITE: its history isn't in the dictionary yet. More
✦ PROFITER: its history isn't in the dictionary yet. More
All 43 words (233 points): effet, effort, étoffe, férié, ferrée, fête, fêter, fief, fier, fière, fierté, fiotte, foie, foiré, foirer, foot, forêt, fort, forte, frère, frérot, frire, frit, frite, frotte, frotter, offert, offerte, offre, offrir, perf, perforé, pfft, préfère, préférée, préférer, préfet, prof, profit, profite, profiter, terrifié, terrifiée.
Which did you find, and which got away? Today's letters are waiting: [play Etymon #17](/games/etymon).
