ickplant@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 year agoAn oldie but a goodiei.postimg.ccimagemessage-square146fedilinkarrow-up11.28Karrow-down159
arrow-up11.22Karrow-down1imageAn oldie but a goodiei.postimg.ccickplant@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square146fedilink
minus-squareKaryoplasma@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoFun little tidbit: the word “loanword” itself is a sub-type of a loanword, a calque, which is a word-by-word translation from a word in a different language. It was brought to English from the German “Lehnwort”.
Fun little tidbit: the word “loanword” itself is a sub-type of a loanword, a calque, which is a word-by-word translation from a word in a different language. It was brought to English from the German “Lehnwort”.
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