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===Within English=== {|class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Term 1 !! Etymology 1 !! Term 2 !! Etymology 2 |- | '''day''' || [[Old English]] ''dæġ'' {{br}}<< [[Proto-Germanic]] *''dagaz''{{br}}<< [[Proto-Indo-European]] *''dʰeǵʰ-''<ref name="dhegh">Kroonen, Guus (2013) ''Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic'' (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill </ref> || '''diary''' || Latin ''diārium'' << ''dies'' ("day"){{br}}<< [[Proto-Italic]] *''djēm'' {{br}}<< PIE *dyḗws ("heaven"){{thin space}}<ref name="oed2">[[Oxford English Dictionary]], Second edition.</ref><ref name="Glossary"/> |- | '''island''' || [[Middle English]] ''iland''{{br}}<< Old English ''[[wikt:iegland#Old English|īeġland]]''{{br}}<< Proto-Germanic *''awjōlandą'' || '''isle''' || Middle English ''ile''{{br}}<< [[Old French]] ''i(s)le''{{br}}<< Latin ''insula'' |- |'''policy'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/policy#etymonline_v_17569|website=Online Etymology Dictionary|title=policy}}</ref> || Middle English ''policie''{{br}}<< Old French ''policie''{{br}}<< [[Late Latin]] ''[[wikt:politia#Latin|politia]]''{{br}}<< [[Ancient Greek]] ''[[wikt:πολιτεία#Ancient Greek|politeía]]'' || '''police, (insurance) policy''' || French ''[[wikt:police#French|police]]''{{br}}<< Italian ''[[wikt:polizza#Italian|polizza]]''{{br}}<< [[Medieval Latin]] ''[[wikt:apodissa#Latin|apodissa]]''{{br}}<< Ancient Greek ''[[wikt:ἀπόδειξις#Ancient Greek|apódeixis]]'' |}
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