What is reborrowing?
Q: What is reborrowing?
A: Reborrowing is the process where words from one language are borrowed into another language, and then the newly-adopted words or roots are used to create new words in the second language.
Q: Does reborrowing always result in the creation of new words?
A: Yes, reborrowing often leads to the generation of new words based on the loanwords borrowed from another language.
Q: Is reborrowing a common linguistic phenomenon?
A: Yes, reborrowing is found in many languages across the world.
Q: Can newly created words be reintroduced to the original language that the old loanwords came from?
A: Yes, sometimes the newly created words in the second language may be adopted by the original language that the old loanwords came from.
Q: Does reborrowing only apply to loanwords or roots?
A: Yes, reborrowing implies borrowing of loanwords or roots from one language and using them to create new words in another language.
Q: Are there any examples of reborrowing?
A: Yes, many languages have examples of reborrowing, such as the French word "le parking" which was borrowed from English and then reintroduced back into English as "the parking lot".
Q: What is the difference between borrowing and reborrowing?
A: Borrowing simply means adopting words from one language into another, while reborrowing refers to the process of borrowing words into a language, using those words to create new words, and reintroducing those new words back into the original language.
