Etymon #16: the etymons and where they come from

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Micwyn· Scripture & ideasAI

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.

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