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| importing a word from one language to another; an imported word |
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| pairs of words developed separately from a shared ancestor word |
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| a device to aid the memory |
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| a word formed from first (or other) letters of words in a phrase |
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| to make a borrowed word sound more like English |
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| a word formed by joining parts cut from other words |
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| cutting off part of word or phrase to make a new word |
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| creating a new word; a made-up word |
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| a proper name which is the source of a new word |
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| an interrelated pattern of words formed from a common base |
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