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Neologisms are often formed by combining existing words (see compound noun and adjective) or by giving words new and unique suffixes or prefixes. [9] Neologisms can also be formed by blending words, for example, "brunch" is a blend of the words "breakfast" and "lunch", or through abbreviation or acronym, by intentionally rhyming with existing words or simply through playing with sounds.
This is a list of English words inherited and derived directly from the Old English stage of the language. This list also includes neologisms formed from Old English roots and/or particles in later forms of English, and words borrowed into other languages (e.g. French, Anglo-French, etc.) then borrowed back into English (e.g. bateau, chiffon, gourmet, nordic, etc.).
Simple English; Slovenčina; Slovenščina; Српски / srpski; ... Pages in category "Neologisms" The following 150 pages are in this category, out of 150 total.
In a similar vein, while many modern languages have directly imported technological terms such as 'computer' into their lexicon (e.g. Danish, Dutch, Italian), others have avoided the English term entirely and relied on neologisms based on native morphemic material of their language or existing terms (e.g. Chinese 电脑, which literally means ...
The term is used because such a word is created "for the nonce" (i.e., for the time being, or this once), [2]: 455 coming from James Murray, editor of the Oxford English Dictionary. [ 8 ] : 25 Some analyses consider nonce words to fall broadly under neologisms , which are usually defined as words relatively recently accepted into a language's ...
neologisms (coinages) in post-classical Latin or modern languages using classical Greek roots, e.g., 'telephone' (< τῆλε + φωνή) or a mixture of Greek and other roots, e.g., 'television' (< Greek τῆλε + English vision < Latin visio); these are often shared among the modern European languages, including Modern Greek. Of these, the ...
English. Read; Edit; View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions Read; ... 2020 neologisms (18 P) 2021 neologisms (12 P) 2022 neologisms (18 P) 2023 ...
English. Read; Edit; View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions Read; ... 1990s neologisms (12 C, 115 P) Pages in category "20th-century neologisms"