Template:borrowed/documentation

This template is used to format the etymology of borrowings and loanwords. Please only use it under the header 'Etymology'.

When to use
This template is intended specifically for loanwords that were borrowed during the time the borrowing language was spoken (periods as defined by scholarly consensus and/or Wiktionary's own definitions). It should not be used for terms that were borrowed at an earlier stage, which should use.

For example, if English has a word that was borrowed from Anglo-Norman French in the 12th century, then the Modern English entry would not use, because the word was not borrowed in modern English times: English as defined on Wiktionary begins at the year 1500, so the 12th century does not fall under the modern English period, it falls under Middle English. But the Middle English entry for that word would use the template.

Parameters

 * 1
 * The language code (see Languages) of the language which borrowed the term, which should be the language of the section that the template is placed in.


 * 2
 * The language code of the source language(s) from which the term was borrowed. Etymology-only languages (e.g.  for Late Latin and   for Old Italian) are allowed, as are language families (e.g.   for Turkic languages). Multiple source language codes can be specified, comma-separated, for cases where a term was borrowed from multiple related languages with the same spelling of the source term. See examples below.


 * 3
 * The term in the source language that this term was borrowed from. If empty, generates a term request ([Term?]) and places the entry in a term request category, except in some cases like derivations from families or substrates. To override this and disable the term request, use.


 * 4 or alt
 * An alternative display form to show for the term. See and.


 * 5 or t or gloss
 * A gloss/translation for the term. See and.


 * tr
 * A transliteration for the term. See and.


 * ts
 * Transcription for non-Latin-script words whose transliteration is markedly different from the actual pronunciation. See and.


 * pos
 * A part of speech indication for the term. See and.


 * g, g2, g3 and so on
 * Gender and number, as in and ; see Module:gender and number for details.


 * lit
 * A literal translation for the term. See and.


 * id
 * A sense id for the term. See and.


 * sc
 * Script code to use. See and.


 * sort
 * Sort key. Not normally needed.


 * 1
 * Suppress categorization.


 * conj
 * Conjunction to use when joining multiple sources; defaults to.

Basic examples
1. On : Borrowed from.

which displays

Borrowed from.

This will also add the English term to Category:English terms borrowed from French and Category:English terms derived from French.

2. On : Borrowed from.

which displays

Borrowed from.

This will also add the French term to Category:French terms borrowed from Late Latin and Category:French terms derived from Late Latin. In this case, the source is an etymology-only language, so the term will be linked to the corresponding non-etymology parent (in this case, Latin).

Examples with multiple sources
On : Borrowed from.

which displays

Borrowed from.

On : First recorded in 1914. From, ultimately from.

which displays

First recorded in 1914. From, ultimately from.

Note that in cases with multiple sources, all but the last one link the language name to the corresponding term in that language, whereas the last source language and term are linked as if only that source language had been given.