key terms Flashcards
1
Q
borrowing/loan words
A
words from another language e.g ‘chocolat’ from France
2
Q
eponym
A
the name of a person whom something is named after
3
Q
clipping
A
a new word produced by an existing one e.g ‘edit’ from ‘editor’
4
Q
conversion
A
a word that changes word classes
5
Q
initialism
A
e.g ‘CD’
6
Q
acronym
A
e.g ‘RADAR’
7
Q
compound
A
combing separate words to create a new one e.g ‘foot-print’
