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calquing
We have found lemma(root) word of calquing : calque.
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[kalk], (Noun)
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1930s: from French, literally ‘copy, tracing’, from calquer ‘to trace’, via Italian from Latin calcare ‘to tread’
[kalk], (Verb)
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- originate or function as a loan translation of
(e.g: ‘it goes without saying’ is calqued on French ‘cela va sans dire’)
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1930s: from French, literally ‘copy, tracing’, from calquer ‘to trace’, via Italian from Latin calcare ‘to tread’
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