Text Encoding Initiative

The XML Version of the TEI Guidelines

<etym>

<etym> (etymology) encloses the etymological information in a dictionary entry.
Attributes Global attributes and those inherited from dictionaries, dictionaryParts, dictionaryTopLevel
Example 
<entry>
   <form><orth>publish</orth> ... </form>
   <etym>ME. <mentioned>publisshen</mentioned>, F. <mentioned>publier</mentioned>,
	   L. <mentioned>publicare, publicatum</mentioned>.
       <xr>See <ref>public</ref>; cf. 2d <ref>-ish</ref>.</xr>
   </etym>
   <!-- ... -->
</entry>
(From: Webster's Second International)
Note

There is no consensus on the internal structure of etymologies, ore even on whether there is a standard internal structure. The <etym> tag accordingly simply contains prose, within which names of languages, cited words, glosses, and examples will typically be prominent. The tagging of such internal objects is optional.
Module Declared in file teidict2; Base tag set for dictionaries: enabled by TEI.dictionary
Class dictionaryTopLevel; dictionaryParts; dictionaries
Data Description May contain character data mixed with any other elements defined in the dictionary tag set.
May contain #PCDATA abbr add addSpan address alt altGrp anchor app bibl biblFull biblStruct c caesura camera caption case castList cb certainty cit cl corr damage date dateRange dateStruct def del delSpan distinct eg emph expan fLib figure foreign formula fs fsLib fvLib fw gap gen geogName gloss gram handShift hi index interp interpGrp itype join joinGrp label lang lb lbl link linkGrp list listBibl m measure mentioned milestone mood move name note num number oRef oVar orgName orig pRef pVar pb per persName phr placeName ptr q quote ref reg respons restore rs s seg sic soCalled sound space span spanGrp stage supplied table tech term text time timeRange timeStruct timeline title tns tr trans unclear usg view w witDetail xptr xr xref
May occur within dictScrap eg entry entryFree hom re sense trans
Declaration 
<!ELEMENT etym %om.RO;  ( #PCDATA | %m.phrase; | %m.inter; | usg | lbl 
                      | def | trans | tr | %m.morphInfo; | eg
                      | xr | %m.Incl; )* > 
<!ATTLIST etym  
      %a.global;
      %a.dictionaries;>
See further 12.3.4 Etymological Information

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