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Words with a similar base: calque, calque_formation

'calque'

[calque.n.01] as in: an expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language

Examples:
`superman' is a calque for the German `Ubermensch'

Origins

					calque (English)
└── calque (French)
    ├── calco (Italian)
    └── calquer (French)
        └── calcare (Italian)
            └── calcare (Latin)