BORROWING/ LOANING FROM OTHER LANGUAGES
The formation of new words by borrowing a word from another language is known as borrowing.
- pandemic, from Greek “pandemos”
- atmosphere, from Greek atmos (vapor, steam) + sphaira (sphere).
- biosphere = from Greek bios + sphaira
- lithosphere = from German litho (stone) + from Greek sphaira.
- cryosphere = from Greek kryos (cold) + sphaira (ball)
- oceans = from Old French “occean”
- epidemics = from French “epidemique”
- vaccine = from Latin “vacca”
- pollution = from Latin “pollutio”
- virus = from Latin “virus”
- plantation = from Latin “plantation”
- transmission= from Latin “transmissio”
- oxide = from France “oxygene” + “acide”
- agriculture = “agriculture” from Late Latin “agricultura”
- bio = from Greek “bios”
- contagious = from late Latin “contagio”
- infections = borrowing from old French “infeccion”
- emission = from old French “émission” Croissant- French
- Dope- Dutch
- Lilac- Persian
- Piano- Italian
- Pretzel- German
- Sofa- Arabic
- Tattoo- Tahitian,
- Tycoon- Japanese
- Yogurt- Turkish
- Zebra- Bantu, etc
- African - banana, jumbo, yam, zebra
- Chinese - ketchup, pekoe, shanghai
- French - catalogue, essence, gourmet, justice, massage, perfume, regret, terror
- Japanese - anime, karaoke, tycoon, hibachi, sushi
- Norwegian - fjord, krill, ski, slalom
- Tagalog - boondocks, manila, ylang ylang (a flower)
- Welsh - corgi (dog), crag, penguin
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