"calque" + "loanword"

"calque" as a loanword and "loanword" as a calque
2025-09-14 11:42 // updated 2026-03-16 11:38

now for a weird happening:

  • calque is a "loanword": an un-tweaked fully-borrowed word
  • loanword is a "calque": a word whose "parts" are "translated"

calque

  • French calque ("to trace")
    • Italian calcare ("to trace, to tread on")
      • Latin calcāre ("to tread on")
      • Latin calx ("heel")
        • further roots unknown

loanword

  • German Lehnwort ("loan word")
  • German lehnen ("to lend")
    • Proto-West Germanic *laihnijan ("to lend")
      • Proto-Germanic *laihnijaną / *laihną ("to lend")

PIE *leykw- (to leave)

on wiktionary

wordslatinenglishetymologygermanfrenchitalian
⬅️ older (in keywords)
🎬 "begin" + "start" + "commence"
newer (in keywords) ➡️
"flake" + "flat" + "plate" + "place" 🍽️
⬅️ older (posts)
🎬 "begin" + "start" + "commence"
newer (posts) ➡️
"flake" + "flat" + "plate" + "place" 🍽️