| loanword |
| Definition: A word taken directly from another language. Note: As opposed to a loan translation, which is word derived from another language through a part-for-part translation. |
| Example: The word wigwam is an Algonquian word that directly entered English in the 17th century. |
| Etymology: The term loanword was coined as a loan translation of the German Lehnwort. |
| Oxford English Dictionary: Its first citation is from 1874: "*Loan-words are common to all dialects." Note: evidently the term loanword entered English before the term loan translation; the latter's first citation is from 1933. (Sayce, Comparative Philology, volume 171) |