Etymograph

English

loan coinage

From loan + coinage.

A compound of loan + coinage

Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ- ‘to leave’

Proto-Germanic *laihną ‘that which is lent’

Old Norse lán

Middle English lone

English loan

Old French coignage

Middle English coynage

English coinage

Today it means

noun A new lexeme – by native means – for an importation, that latter is any word formally containing foreign elements.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / loan coinage