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Wanderwort

Wanderwort

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Noun

Wanderwort ‎(plural Wanderwörter or Wanderworts)

  1. (linguistics) A loanword that has spread to many different languages.

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Etymology

Borrowed from German Wanderwort, from Wander- ‎(“wandering”) +‎ Wort ‎(“word”).

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