Loanwords
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Loanwords
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Major Periods of Borrowing in the History of English
Loanwords are words adopted by the speakers of one language from a different language (the source language). A loanword can also be called a borrowing. The abstract noun borrowing refers to the process of speakers adopting words from a source language into their native language. "L...
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