ety 1.4.0
discover the etymology of words
Requires Python: >=2.7, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, <4
Keywords: etymology origins english language words

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## Intro

[@jmsv](https://github.com/jmsv) and [@parker57](https://github.com/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](https://github.com/jmsv/ety-python) 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's [Etymological Wordnet](http://www1.icsi.berkeley.edu/~demelo/etymwn/), 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.

## Install

### [pip](https://pypi.org/project/ety)

```bash
pip install ety
```

## Usage

### Module

```python
>>> import ety

>>> ety.origins("potato")
[Word(batata, language=Taino)]

>>> ety.origins("drink", recursive=True)
[Word(drync, language=Old English (ca. 450-1100)), Word(drinken, language=Middle English (1100-1500)), Word(drincan, language=Old English (ca. 450-1100))]

>>> print(ety.tree("aerodynamically"))
aerodynamically (English)
├── -ally (English)
└── aerodynamic (English)
    ├── aero- (English)
    │   └── ἀήρ (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
    └── dynamic (English)
        └── dynamique (French)
            └── δυναμικός (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
                └── δύναμις (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
                    └── δύναμαι (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
```

### CLI

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
```

#### Examples

```bash
$ ety drink
drink   # List direct origins
 • drync (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
 • drinken (Middle English (1100-1500))

$ ety drink -r   # Recursive search
drink
 • drync (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
 • drinken (Middle English (1100-1500))
 • drincan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))

$ ety drink -t   # Etymology tree
drink (English)
├── drinken (Middle English (1100-1500))
│   └── drincan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
└── drync (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
```

## Development

In a virtual environment - [Pipenv](https://docs.pipenv.org) is recommended:

```bash
python setup.py install
```