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This is called a calque. After Latin became the prestige language if Western Europe, German coined new words on the basis of the Latin by matching the Latin pre
by Mediterraneo10 5y ago
This is called a calque. After Latin became the prestige language if Western Europe, German coined new words on the basis of the Latin by matching the Latin prefix and root to German equivalents. There are many, many examples.
- janderson215 5y agoThank you for the word! I saw this pattern many times while learning German and it is difficult to articulate the the feeling of linguistic connectedness to somebody who doesn’t have an interest in other languages. This term helps :-)