learned borrowing

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learned borrowing (plural learned borrowings)

  1. (linguistics) A word or other linguistic form borrowed from one language into another on purpose instead of through normal language contact, especially one from a classical language.
    Synonyms: learned loanword, learned loan
    Hypernyms: borrowing, loanword

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