Routledge Dictionary of Language and Linguistics
Meaning that a word takes on owing to the influence of a foreign word or concept, whereby the original meaning is reinterpreted or is expanded in view of its original meaning, e.g. write (originally ‘to scratch’) and read (originally ‘to advise’) took on new meanings when reading and writing were introduced to the English by the Christians.
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