false borrowing

English

Noun

false borrowing (countable and uncountable, plural false borrowings)

  1. A pseudo-loan.
  2. The construction, in a language, or pseudo-loans (compare real borrowing of loanwords).
  3. Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see false,‎ borrowing.
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