no banana@piefed.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agoPublic service announcement imagemessage-square90linkfedilinkarrow-up11Karrow-down110
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minus-squareF/15/Cali@threads.net@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·17 days agoIt’s a borrowed African word. Borrowed in the 1800s. Borrowed by Americans. Borrowed. But it eventually shifted at some point in the last century to the definition most people are familiar with, though I can’t figure out how or why.
minus-squareBeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·17 days agoperhaps you are looking for the word loanword can i lend it to you?
It’s a borrowed African word. Borrowed in the 1800s. Borrowed by Americans. Borrowed. But it eventually shifted at some point in the last century to the definition most people are familiar with, though I can’t figure out how or why.
perhaps you are looking for the word loanword can i lend it to you?
Huh, well TIL, thanks!