phono-semantic matching

== English == === Alternative forms === PSM (initialism) === Etymology === Coined by Ghil'ad Zuckermann in 1999. === Noun === phono-semantic matching (usually uncountable, plural phono-semantic matchings) (linguistics) The borrowing of a word into one language from another which completely or partially preserves both the original sound and meaning but does so via substitution of etymons. ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== loanword unadapted borrowing