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Even more interesting is when words are borrowed back! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reborrowing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reborrowing For example, katsu
by rhplus 5mo ago
Even more interesting is when words are borrowed back!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reborrowing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reborrowing
For example, katsu from cutlet, is borrowed back into English to mean… cutlet.
And when combined with “curry” as in “katsu curry” the journey meanders all the way through Tamil, Portuguese, Japanese and English, following sailors where they went.