Anglicism
noun /ˈæŋɡlɪsɪzəm/
/ˈæŋɡlɪsɪzəm/
- a word or phrase from the English language that is used in another language
- Anglicisms used in French include ‘le weekend’ and ‘un toast’.
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin Anglicus, from Angli ‘the people of Angul’, a district of Schleswig (now in northern Germany), so named because of its shape; of Germanic origin, related to Old English angul + -ism.