":::The Encarta definition seems more like an example of the use of etymology than a definition.  According to The Consise Oxford Dictinoary, 8th Edition (1990), etymology is ""the historically verifiable sources of the formation of a word and the development of its meaning"".  Using the Oxford definition would support George's point.  For example, the etymology of the word ""patriotic"" would not take into account, or acknowledge, how it is prounounced or used in arabic.  Personally, I think it should be moved, but in the grand scheme of the article itself, it's a minor detail...  

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