pseudo-loan
pseudo-loan · pseudo-loans
A term which appears to be a loanword from another language, even being formed from…A term which appears to be (and may be thought of by speakers as) a loanword from another language, even being formed from elements found in that language, but which does not exist as a word in that language with the same meaning.
Meaning
1 sensesA term which appears to be (and may be thought of by speakers as) a loanword from another language, even being formed from elements found in that language, but which does not exist as a word in that language with the same meaning.
Origin
From pseudo- + loan.From pseudo- + loan.
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Forms
plural: pseudo-loansSynonyms
3 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsRelatedallogenism