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wanderwords

wanderwords is the plural of wanderword.

Meaning of wanderword

Noun

wanderword (plural wanderwords)

  1. Synonym of Wanderwort (“a loanword that has spread to many different languages, often through trade or the adoption of foreign cultural practices”).
    • Considering the mileage it has achieved as a horizon wanderword in divers shapes representable as sV(l)mV(n)-, the Latin salmo (salmonis) cited by Pliny and Ausonius is vexing as regards its etymology, a quality it shares with many other Roman and Greek [...]1985, A. Richard Diebold, The evolution of Indo-European nomenclature for salmonid fish
    Synonyms:
    Wanderwort

Questions about wanderwords

What is wanderwords the plural of?
Wanderwords is the plural of wanderword.

Words near wanderwords in the dictionary

  1. wandersome
  2. wanderstar
  3. wanderstars
  4. wanderu
  5. wanderword
  6. wanderwords
  7. wanderwort
  8. Wanderworte
  9. wanderworts
  10. Wanderwörter
  11. wandery

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