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What is the term for forming new words by reordering the letters of an existing word?
What is the term for forming new words by reordering the letters of an existing word?
Which term refers to creating a word from non-morphemic parts of two existing items?
Which term refers to creating a word from non-morphemic parts of two existing items?
What does the term 'acrophobia' mean?
What does the term 'acrophobia' mean?
What is the meaning of the term 'thermometer' based on its Greek roots?
What is the meaning of the term 'thermometer' based on its Greek roots?
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Which term represents the fear of the number 13?
Which term represents the fear of the number 13?
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What is the term for forming new words by reordering the letters of an existing word?
What is the term for forming new words by reordering the letters of an existing word?
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Which term refers to creating a word from non-morphemic parts of two already existing items?
Which term refers to creating a word from non-morphemic parts of two already existing items?
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What does the term 'acrophobia' mean?
What does the term 'acrophobia' mean?
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What is the meaning of the term 'thermometer' based on its Greek roots?
What is the meaning of the term 'thermometer' based on its Greek roots?
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Which term represents the fear of the number 13?
Which term represents the fear of the number 13?
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Study Notes
Word Formation Process: Borrowing
- Borrowing words from other languages is extremely common in English.
- Examples of borrowed words:
- Scandinavian: take, give, they
- French: genre, revolution
- Chinese: typhoon, kowtow
- Malay: amok
- Hebrew: hallelujah, shalom
- Latin: bona fide, prima facie
Word Formation Process: Coinage
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Coinage involves inventing a word from scratch.
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Examples of coinage:
Words derived from trade/brand names
- Kodak
- Xerox
- Nylon
- Vaseline
- Interesting examples:
- Kleenex is coined from the word "clean".
- Jell-O is coined from the word "gel".
Words derived from personal names – Eponyms
- Watt: named after James Watt, a 19th-century scientist.
- Curie: named after Marie and Pierre Curie, early 20th-century scientists.
- Fahrenheit: named after Gabriel Fahrenheit, an 18th-century scientist.
- Sandwich: named after John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich, who ordered his servant to bring him roast-beef between two slices of bread while he was busy gambling.
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Test your knowledge of word formation process by exploring the concepts of borrowing and coinage. Learn about the origins of borrowed words in English and examples of coinage from trade and brand names.
