Reborrowing  

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Reborrowing is the process where a word travels from one language to another and then back to the originating language in a different form or with a different meaning.

This is indicated by A→B→A, where A is the originating language.

In some cases the borrowing process can be more complicated and the words might move through different languages before coming back to the originating language.

The single move from one language to the other is called "loan" (see loanword). Reborrowing is the result of more than one loan, when the final recipient language is the same as the originating one.

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Examples

Old Norse: klubba → English: club →   Swedish: klubb Template:Smaller
French: tenez  → English: tennis → French: tennis Template:Smaller
French: cotte  → English: riding coat → French: redingote → English: redingote
Greek: κίνημα  Template:Smaller → French: cinéma → Greek: σινεμά Template:Smaller
Dutch: bolwerk (bulwark, bastion) → French: boulevard → Dutch: boulevard Template:Smaller
Dutch : manneken Template:Smaller → French: mannequin → Dutch: mannequin Template:Smaller
Middle Dutch : snacken Template:Smaller → English: to snack → Dutch: snacken Template:Smaller
English: crack Template:Smaller → Irish:craic Template:Smaller → English: craic
English: animation → Japanese: アニメ Template:Smaller → English: anime Template:Smaller
Hebrew: תַּכְלִית Template:IPA (purpose) → Yiddish: תכלית Template:IPA (result; purpose; serious business) → Hebrew: תַּכְלֶס Template:IPA (directly, matter-of-factly, cutting the crap)
Spanish: tronada (thunderstorm) → English: tornado → Spanish: tornado
Chinese: 革命 Template:Smaller → Japanese: Template:Lang Template:Smaller → Chinese: 革命 Template:Smaller
Chinese: 共和 Template:Smaller → Japanese: Template:Lang Template:Smaller → Chinese: 共和 Template:Smaller
Chinese: 抹茶 Template:Smaller → Japanese: Template:Lang Template:Smaller → Chinese: 抹茶 Template:Smaller
Chinese: 菓子 Template:Smaller → Japanese: Template:Lang Template:Smaller → Chinese: 菓子 Template:Smaller
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