pseudo-loan

noun

pseudo-loan

noun

Etymology From pseudo- + loan.

1

A term which appears to be (and may be thought of by speakers as) a loanword from another language, even being formed from elements found in that language, but which does not exist as a word in that language with the same meaning.

Related terms
allogenism
Hyponyms
pseudo-anglicism, pseudo-Latinism

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