CLAIM / COUNTERCLAIM / LIMITRECORD 200
DISPUTE
RECORD.
One scholarly question. Every attached source. The present editorial state, without pretending the last word has been written.
openprobable
Did French borrow étymon through Latin or directly from Greek?
CNRTL names Latin etymon as the immediate donor; the Académie calls the French word a learned borrowing from Greek. The graph preserves the Latin route as probable, not certain.
WORD UNDER REVIEWDISPUTE 200
étymon
/e.ti.mɔ̃/ · noun
A French linguistic term for an attested or reconstructed form used to explain the historical development of one or more words.
01DIRECT CLAIM EVIDENCE
2 SOURCES WITH A STANCE
A citation is not a vote. Each record says whether the work supports, challenges, contradicts, or contextualizes the position—and identifies the exact locus used.
SOURCE 01supportshistorical dictionary
Étymon — Trésor de la langue française informatisé
Names Latin as the immediate donor.
Étymologie: emprunt du latin etymon- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- ATILF · CNRS · Université de Lorraine
- YEAR
- 2012
- PUBLISHER
- Centre National de Ressources Textuelles et Lexicales
SOURCE 02challengesinstitutional lexicon
Étymon — Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 9e édition
Names Greek directly and thereby exposes the donor-label disagreement.
Étymologie: emprunté du grec etumon- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- Académie française Editors
- YEAR
- 2024
- PUBLISHER
- Académie française
02 / EDITORIAL STATE
THE QUESTION REMAINS OPEN.
- CONFIDENCE
- probable
- STATUS
- open
- LEGACY SOURCE SUMMARY
- Two institutional reference works describe the immediate borrowing route differently.
RESOLUTION NOTEThe competing source stance stays attached to the borrowing edge.