Template:dercat

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This template can be used to make etymologies more concise and readable by omitting very early steps in the development of a word, while retaining the relevant categorization pertaining to those omitted steps. Usage of the template is optional, and the cutoff point for steps in the history of a word to omit is similarly up to the editor's judgment.

Parameters

|1=

The language code (see Wiktionary:Languages).

|2=, |3=, and so on

Language codes in the chain of descent.

|inh=

Numbers of steps of inheritance in the chain of descent. Alternatively, you can use the placeholder < between two language codes, in which case any code before will be treated as inheritance and any code after as not.

Examples

• {{dercat|en|la|grc}}

  [[Category:English terms derived from Latin]]

  [[Category:English terms derived from Greek]]

• {{dercat|en|gem-pro|ine-pro|inh=1}}

  [[Category:English terms derived from Proto-Germanic]]

  [[Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European]]

  [[Category:English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic]]

• equivalently: {{dercat|en|gem-pro|<|ine-pro}}

  [[Category:English terms derived from Proto-Germanic]]

  [[Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European]]

  [[Category:English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic]]