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A loanword is a word at least partly assimilated from one language into another language, through the process of borrowing. Borrowing is a metaphorical term that is well established in the linguistic
The English word tofu is a loanword from the Japanese word tōfu, which is itself a loanword from the Chinese word dòufu.
Backgammon and Dominos numbers in Ottoman Turkish, 1907 (see Tables game#Languages)
Kindergarten
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Kindergarten is a preschool educational approach based on playing, singing, practical activities such as drawing, and social interaction as part of the transition from home to school. Such institution
Loanword
…of loanwords in the English language include café (from French café, which means 'coffee'), bazaar (from Persian bāzār, which means 'market'), and kindergarten (from German Kindergarten, which literally means 'children's garden'). The word calque is a loanword, while the word loanword is a calque: calque comes…
A kindergarten classroom
Kindergarten in Amsterdam 1880, by Max Liebermann
Kindergarten, by Johann Sperl, circa 1885
Friedrich Fröbel was one of the most influential founders of kindergartens, also coining the word in 1840.