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Use this template in the Etymology section as a possible replacement for language-specific etymology templates listed under Wiktionary:Etymology/language templates.

This template takes 2 positional parameters:

The language code of the source language — that is, the language the lexeme (word) comes from.
The language code of the destination language — that is, the current language. If - is entered, the word will not be categorized. (This parameter is optional; if it's omitted, en is assumed, meaning English.)

This template will

Generate a link to wikipedia article of a source language.
Categorize the lexeme into appropriate category.

An example for English lexeme, for screeve}} (ka is the language code for Georgian):

==Etymology 2==

From {{etyl|ka}} {{term|sc=Geor|მწკრივი |tr=mts'k'rivi|lang=ka}}.

From ქართული მწკრივი (mts'k'rivi)}}.

An example for non-English lexeme, for Latin synonymum}} (grc is the language code for Ancient Greek):

==Etymology==

From {{etyl|grc|la}} {{term|συνώνυμον|tr=sunōnumon|lang=grc|sc=polytonic}} …

From Ἀρχαία ἑλληνικὴ συνώνυμον (sunōnumon)}} …

An example for a non-English lexeme which is not categorized, for translingual Chlamydomonas}} :

From {{etyl|grc|mul}} {{term|χλαμύς||cloak, mantle|tr=khlamus|lang=grc|sc=polytonic}} + …

From Ἀρχαία ἑλληνικὴ χλαμύς (khlamus, “cloak, mantle”)}} + …

Although mul is the code for "Translingual", we have no category structure for translingual etymology, so such words are not placed in any Descendants category.

Implementation

Implemented using {{language}}, which uses {{lang:...}}.