find the etymological origins of a word
Project description
ety-python
Python module to find the etymological origins of a word
Install
pip
pip install ety
Development
In a virtual environment: (Pipenv is recommended)
python setup.py install
Usage
Module
>>> import ety
>>> ety.origins("potato")
[{'word': 'batata', 'lang': {'code': 'tnq', 'name': 'Taino'}}]
>>> ety.origins('drink', recursive=True)
[{'word': 'drync', 'lang': {'code': 'ang', 'name': 'Old English (ca. 450-1100)'}}, {'word': 'drinken', 'lang': {'code': 'enm', 'name': 'Middle English (1100-1500)'}}, {'word': 'drincan', 'lang': {'code': 'ang', 'name': '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] word
positional arguments:
word the search word
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-r, --recursive search origins recursively
-t, --tree display etymology tree
Examples:
$ ety drink # List direct origins of a word
drync (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
drinken (Middle English (1100-1500))
$ ety drink -r # Recursive argument
drync (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
drinken (Middle English (1100-1500))
drincan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
$ ety drink -t # Output tree argument
drink (English)
├── drinken (Middle English (1100-1500))
│ └── drincan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
└── drync (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
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