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A Python module to discover the etymology of words
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@jmsv and@parker57 started a side project to analyse etymologies of text written by various historical authors, expecting there to already be a library for retrieving etymological data. On discovering that this wasn't the case,ety was created!
There isn't a single source of truth for etymologies; words' origins can be heavily disputed. This package's source data, Gerard de Melo'sEtymological Wordnet, is mostly mined from Wiktionary. Since this is a collaboratively edited dictionary, its data could be seen as the closest we can get to a public consensus.
pip install ety
>>>importety>>>ety.origins("potato")[Word(batata,language=Taino)]>>>ety.origins("drink",recursive=True)[Word(drync,language=OldEnglish (ca.450-1100)),Word(drinken,language=MiddleEnglish (1100-1500)),Word(drincan,language=OldEnglish (ca.450-1100))]>>>print(ety.tree("aerodynamically"))aerodynamically (English)├──-ally (English)└──aerodynamic (English) ├──aero- (English) │ └──ἀήρ (AncientGreek (to1453)) └──dynamic (English) └──dynamique (French) └──δυναμικός (AncientGreek (to1453)) └──δύναμις (AncientGreek (to1453)) └──δύναμαι (AncientGreek (to1453))
After installing, a command-line tool is also available.ety -h outputs the following help text describing arguments:
usage: ety [-h] [-r] [-t] words [words ...]positional arguments: words the search word(s)optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit -r, --recursive search origins recursively -t, --tree display etymology tree$ ety drinkdrink# List direct origins • drync (Old English (ca. 450-1100)) • drinken (Middle English (1100-1500))$ ety drink -r# Recursive searchdrink • drync (Old English (ca. 450-1100)) • drinken (Middle English (1100-1500)) • drincan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))$ ety drink -t# Etymology treedrink (English)├── drinken (Middle English (1100-1500))│ └── drincan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))└── drync (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
In a virtual environment -Pipenv is recommended:
python setup.py install
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