get_word_origin

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Trace where a Hebrew or Greek word came from and what the language built out of it. Returns `formed_from` (the word or words this one is built out of — each with its own lemma, transliteration and definition, so a compound can be read part by part), `words_formed_from_this` (the reverse direction), `related_language_entry` (the matching entry in the other testament's language, where the lexicon records one — this is how an Old Testament name and its New Testament spelling are connected), whether Scripture uses the word as a proper name, and where it occurs. Call this when someone asks what a word or name MEANS at its root, where it comes from, whether two words are related, or how a name reached its familiar English spelling. IMPORTANT: everything returned here is recorded lexical data the reader can check. Comparative or historical claims that do NOT appear in these fields — cognates in other ancient languages, reconstructed meanings, scholarly proposals — are outside this data: you may still discuss them, but say plainly that they are scholarly argument rather than something the lexicon records.