<etym>

<etym> 辞書項目の語源情報を示す． 9.3.4 Etymological Information
モジュール dictionaries — 9 Dictionaries
グローバル属性の他 att.lexicographic (@expand, @norm, @split, @value, @orig, @location, @mergedIn, @opt)
当該モジュールを使用するもの
model.entryPart.top model.entryPart
下位
analysis: c cl interp interpGrp m pc phr s span spanGrp w
certainty: certainty precision respons
core: abbr add address bibl biblStruct binaryObject cb choice cit corr date del desc distinct email emph expan foreign gap gloss graphic hi index label lb list listBibl measure measureGrp mentioned milestone name note num orig pb ptr q quote ref reg rs said sic soCalled stage term time title unclear
dictionaries: case def gen gram iType lang lbl mood number oRef oVar pRef pVar per tns usg xr
drama: camera caption castList move sound tech view
figures: figure formula table
gaiji: g
header: biblFull
iso-fs: fLib fs fvLib
linking: alt altGrp anchor join joinGrp link linkGrp seg timeline
msdescription: catchwords depth dim dimensions height heraldry locus locusGrp material msDesc origDate origPlace secFol signatures stamp watermark width
namesdates: addName affiliation bloc country district forename genName geo geogFeat geogName listEvent listNym listOrg listPerson listPlace nameLink offset orgName persName placeName region roleName settlement state surname
spoken: incident kinesic pause shift vocal writing
tagdocs: att classSpec code eg egXML elementSpec gi ident listRef macroSpec moduleRef moduleSpec specDesc specGrp specGrpRef specList tag val
textcrit: app listWit witDetail
transcr: addSpan am damage damageSpan delSpan ex fw handShift restore space subst supplied
verse: caesura rhyme
宣言 

<rng:element name="etym">
 <rng:ref name="att.global.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.lexicographic.attributes"/>
 <rng:zeroOrMore>
  <rng:choice>
   <rng:text/>
   <rng:ref name="model.gLike"/>
   <rng:ref name="model.phrase"/>
   <rng:ref name="model.inter"/>
   <rng:ref name="usg"/>
   <rng:ref name="lbl"/>
   <rng:ref name="def"/>
   <rng:ref name="model.morphLike"/>
   <rng:ref name="xr"/>
   <rng:ref name="model.global"/>
  </rng:choice>
 </rng:zeroOrMore>
</rng:element>
element etym
{
   att.global.attributes,
   att.lexicographic.attributes,
   (
      text
    | model.gLike
    | model.phrase
    | model.inter
    | usg
    | lbl
    | def
    | model.morphLike
    | xr
    | model.global
   )*
}
例
<entry>
 <form>
  <orth>publish</orth> ... </form>
 <etym>
  <lang>ME.</lang>
  <mentioned>publisshen</mentioned>,
 <lang>F.</lang>
  <mentioned>publier</mentioned>, <lang>L.</lang>
  <mentioned>publicare,
     publicatum</mentioned>. <xr>See <ref>public</ref>; cf. 2d <ref>-ish</ref>.</xr>
 </etym>
</entry> (From: Webster's Second International)
解説
辞書向けの要素を伴う文字列をとるかもしれない．
語源情報に関する内容の構造について，決められたものはない．要素 etymは，引用語句，語の一部，語句注釈として散文をとること になる．用例は重要になるだろう．このような内容の記述は選択的である．