Template:surface etymology or Template:surface analysis (as the name suggests) is for showing the surface etymology of a term with prior wording. It can also be used for showing surface-analysed compounds (where no component is an affix). Categories are also added.
|nocap=1
– to uncapitalise the first letter.{{affix}}
except |langN=
.+
and the name of the appropriate template.{{surf|en|ignore|-ance}}
⇒{{surf|pi|ñāti|ghara|type=tp}}
⇒{{surf|und|prefix-|base|-suffix|nocap=1}}
⇒{{surf|+univ|pl|a|by}}
⇒