Internationalism (linguistics)  

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In linguistics, an internationalism or international word is a loanword that occurs in several languages with the same or at least similar meaning and etymology. These words exist in "several different languages as a result of simultaneous or successive borrowings from the ultimate source" (I.V.Arnold)Template:Citequote. Pronunciation and orthography are similar so that the word is understandable between the different languages.

It is debated how many languages are required so that a word is an internationalism.Template:Citation needed The term is uncommon in English linguisticsTemplate:Citation needed, although English has contributed a considerable number of words to world languages, e.g. the sport terms: football, baseball, cricket, and golf.

Samples

• Academy
• Airport
• Automobile
• Centre (Center)
• Chocolate
• Coffee
• Computer
• Design
• Dictator
• Doctor
• Hospital
• Hotel
• International
• Internet
• Literature
• Métro
• Microscope
• OK
• Police
• Politics
• Psychology
• Radio
• Sauna
• Shock
• Sport
• Stress
• Studio
• Taboo
• Taxi
• Telephone
• Telescope
• Television
• Tennis
• Ticket
• Tokamak
• Tomahawk
• Tsunami

See also

• International scientific vocabulary
• Interlingua
• Hybrid word
• Classical compound
• Greek and Latin roots in English