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In English we call a word originally from a foreign language a "borrowing" or "loanword". What is/are the French term(s) for words that came into French from another language?

Also, is there a word specific for words which came into French from English, such as "Anglicism"?

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One would say emprunter et emprunt for to borrow and borrowing / loanword. And anglicisme is the carbon-copy of anglicism.

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    Am I correct to assume emprunt is the noun for either and emprunter is the verb to borrow? – hippietrail Aug 25 '11 at 22:09
  • @hippietrail You are, I'll edit my answer to make it more obvious. – Evpok Aug 25 '11 at 22:12
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    And that's what the TLF says too, see for example the entry for sandwich: http://www.cnrtl.fr/etymologie/sandwich where it says "Empr. à l'angl. sandwich" ("Emprunté à l'anglais sandwich") – Joubarc Aug 26 '11 at 07:08
  • Un emprunt, moi aussi je suis tout à fait d'accord @hippietrail. – livresque Apr 09 '13 at 05:30