Wanderwort

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Contents

1 English
- 1.1 Etymology
- 1.2 Noun
  - 1.2.1 Synonyms
  - 1.2.2 Translations

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from German Wanderwort, from Wander- (“wandering”) + Wort (“word”).

Noun[edit]

Wikipedia has an article on:

Wanderwort

Wikipedia Wanderwort (plural Wanderwörter or Wanderworts)

(linguistics) A loanword that has spread to many different languages.

Synonyms[edit]

wanderword

Translations[edit]

Translations

Esperanto: vagvorto (eo)

German: Wanderwort (de) n

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