Wiktionary:Votes/pl-2015-12/Etymology

Etymology
Voting on: Editing WT:EL.

Current text:


 * Etymology
 * Main article: Etymology

The first header below the language heading is usually the level 3 “Etymology” header. The etymology is given right below the header without indentation. Etymology essentially shows where the word comes from. This may show the forms in other languages that underlie the word. For many modern words it may show who coined the word. If a word is derived from another in the same language by a regular rule, such as formation of an English adverb by adding “ly”, it is not necessary to repeat the complete details of the word’s origin on the page for the derived word.

Sometimes two words with different etymologies belong in the same entry because they are spelled the same (they are homographs). In such a case there will be more than one “Etymology” header, which we number. Hence for a word like lead the basic header skeleton looks like this:

Verb
Note that in the case of multiple etymologies, all subordinate headers need to have their levels increased by 1 in order to comply with the fundamental concept of showing dependence through nesting.


 * The vote “2007-10/style for mentioned terms” is relevant to this section, without specifying text to be amended in this document, so please see it for details.

between them.
 * References
 * These templates accept multiple words as parameters and format them accordingly with the symbol  between them.
 * These templates are usually used in definition lines. Sometimes, they are used in etymologies.
 * These templates are usually used in definition lines. Sometimes, they are used in etymologies.
 * These templates are usually used in definition lines. Sometimes, they are used in etymologies.

Sometimes two terms with different etymologies belong in the same entry because they are spelled the same. In such a case there will be more than one “Etymology” header, which are numbered. Hence, for a word like lead the basic header skeleton looks like this:

Verb

 * Rerefences

Rationale and changes:
 * Mentioning some etymology templates used.
 * Adding the rule: Don't use abbreviations, such as cf. and others.
 * Minor edits in wording and changing the order of ideas.
 * Minor edit: "words" -> "terms" in "Sometimes two words with different etymologies [...]".
 * A step in the direction of having a completely voted WT:EL.

Schedule:
 * Vote starts: 00:00, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Vote ends: 23:59, 27 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Vote created: --Daniel Carrero (talk) 18:28, 16 December 2015 (UTC)

Discussion:
 * [[Image:Wikt rei-artur3.svg|20px]] Beer parlour/2015/December
 * [[Image:Wikt rei-artur3.svg|20px]] Wiktionary talk:Votes/pl-2015-12/Etymology

Decision

 * Never begun, archiving. - TheDaveRoss  18:53, 13 October 2017 (UTC)