BORROWING/ LOANING FROM OTHER LANGUAGES
The formation of new words by borrowing a word from another language is known as borrowing.
1. pandemic,
from Greek “pandemos”
2. atmosphere, from Greek atmos (vapor, steam) + sphaira (sphere).
3. biosphere = from Greek bios + sphaira
4. lithosphere = from German litho (stone) + from Greek sphaira.
5. cryosphere = from Greek kryos (cold) + sphaira (ball)
6. oceans = from Old French “occean”
7. epidemics = from French “epidemique”
8. vaccine = from Latin “vacca”
9. pollution = from Latin “pollutio”
10. virus = from Latin “virus”
11. plantation = from Latin “plantation”
12. transmission= from Latin “transmissio”
13. oxide = from France “oxygene” + “acide”
14. agriculture = “agriculture” from Late Latin “agricultura”
15. bio = from Greek “bios”
16. contagious = from late Latin “contagio”
17. infections = borrowing from old French “infeccion”
18. emission = from old French “émission”
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- Croissant- French
- Dope- Dutch
- Lilac- Persian
- Piano- Italian
- Pretzel- German
- Sofa- Arabic
- Tattoo- Tahitian,
- Tycoon- Japanese
- Yogurt- Turkish
- Zebra- Bantu, etc
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