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Enjoy your stay at Wiktionary!Chihunglu83 (talk)02:37, 8 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

The etymology templates such as{{inh}},{{bor}},{{der}}, etc. take two language codes. The first code is alwaysthe language of the entry: when you write "From{{borrowed|en|la|coturnix}}.", you are saying thatTurnix is anEnglish term borrowed from Latin. Given that the genus was first described by the French scientistPierre Joseph Bonnaterre in 1791 back when scientists only wrote in Latin, that is simply not true.

I'm assuming you just weren't aware of this- if you thought about it at all- but please be more careful from now on. Thanks!Chuck Entz (talk)22:12, 28 September 2025 (UTC)Reply

Got it! Thanks for pointing this out to me! Much appreciated!HeatherMarieKosur (talk)18:38, 2 October 2025 (UTC)Reply