Yesterday's Etymon, #19: here is each language's etymon, the word that used all seven letters, and where it comes from (from Wiktionary).
English: L A E H M R T
✦ THERMAL: From French thermal, from New Latin *thermalis, from Ancient Greek θέρμη (thérmē, “heat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“to heat, warm”). [More](/word/thermal)
All 55 words (232 points): alarm, alert, altar, alter, athlete, earl, ethereal, halal, hale, hall, halt, halter, hamlet, heal, healer, health, heel, hell, helm, helmet, lama, lame, late, later, lateral, lather, latte, latter, leather, lethal, letter, llama, male, mall, mallet, malt, mammal, meal, melt, metal, mettle, rattle, real, realm, reel, relate, tale, tall, taller, tattletale, teal, tell, teller, telltale, thermal.
Español: I A E G J N R
✦ JERINGA: its history isn't in the dictionary yet. More
All 26 words (109 points): aire, aria, energía, ganaría, gira, giran, girar, gire, giren, griega, ingeniería, irán, iraní, iría, irían, jeringa, niega, niegan, ninja, rain, reía, reían, reina, reír, rían, ríen.
Français: C E M O P R T
✦ COMPORTE: its history isn't in the dictionary yet. More
✦ COMPORTER: its history isn't in the dictionary yet. More
✦ COMPROMETTRE: its history isn't in the dictionary yet. More
✦ COMPTER: its history isn't in the dictionary yet. More
All 39 words (265 points): cette, coco, cocotte, comète, comme, commerce, commet, commettre, comporte, comporter, compote, compromettre, compte, compter, comte, coop, coopère, coopérer, correct, correcte, corrompre, côté, créé, créée, créer, crème, crêpe, crête, crotte, écorce, percé, percée, percer, porc, précoce, recette, récré, recréer, troc.
Which did you find, and which got away? Today's letters are waiting: [play Etymon #20](/games/etymon).
