reborrowing

English

Verb

reborrowing

present participle of reborrow

Noun

reborrowing (plural reborrowings)

(linguistics) A word taken back from another language, or the process involved in this. Such words may have changed in meaning or form.
Something reborrowed.

Related terms

borrowing

Translations

word taken back from another language

Finnish: takaisinlaina

Greek: αντιδάνειο (el) n (antidáneio)

Further reading

reborrowing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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