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Borrowings

[bor-oh-ing, bawr-]

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noun

1.

the act of one who borrows.

2.

the process by which something, as a word or custom, is adopted or absorbed.

3.

the result of such a process; something borrowed, as a foreign word or phrase or a custom.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English; see borrow, -ing¹

Related forms

non·bor·row·ing, adjective

pre·bor·row·ing, noun

un·bor·row·ing, adjective

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