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|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.
  • {{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]]

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