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<DIV><FONT size=2>Andy --</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Having just one level of depth for an etymology shouldn't be a
problem, e.g. "from Proto-Mayan <EM>lek</EM>" or "from Spanish
<EM>retrato</EM>". Having multiple levels of depth (e.g. X < Y< Z) is
where it starts to get more complicated, and especially if you don't want to
have to specify in advance how many levels you might need. Work-arounds are
always possible, but I don't know of any dictionary software that is especially
designed to work with complex etymologies.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>In our dictionary of St. Lucian Creole we did include
etymologies, but we kept them very simple because of the complication in getting
the dictionary software to deal with multiple levels of etymological
depth.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>-- David Frank</FONT></DIV>
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