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PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD

ALL DISPUTES ↗
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.

01

DIRECT 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.

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 NOTE

The competing source stance stays attached to the borrowing edge.