borrowings
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[edit] Noun
borrowings
- Plural form of borrowing.
- Things that have been borrowed. Especially words that originated in a foreign language.
- Aside from learned literary borrowings, no English words derive directly from Ancient Greek or Koine Greek, but rather via one or more languages or stages of a language (Latin, French, etc.). (from Category:English words from Greek)
