Internationalism (linguistics)

European internationalisms originate primarily from Latin or Greek, but from other languages as well. However, due to English being the main lingua franca of the Western world, an increasing number of internationalisms originate from English. Many non-European words have also become international. ==Diffusion==

Internationalisms often spread together with the innovations they designate. Accordingly, there are semantic fields dominated by specific languages, e.g. the computing vocabulary which is mainly English with internationalisms such as computer, disk, and spam. New inventions, political institutions, foodstuffs, leisure activities, science, and technological advances have all generated new lexemes and continue to do so: bionics, cybernetics, gene, coffee, chocolate, etc.. Some internationalisms are spread by speakers of one language living in geographical regions where other languages are spoken. For example, some internationalisms coming from the English in India are bungalow, jute, khaki, mango, pyjamas, and sari. ==Examples==

• Academy • Airport • Ambulance • Ananas (pineapple in English) • Antenna • Athlete • Atom • Automobile • Baby • Bacon • Ballerina • Ballet • Bar • Blog • Bravo • Burger • Bus • Cabin • Cable • Centre (or center) • Chocolate • Coffee • Cola • Colony • Comedy • Computer • Copy • Corridor • Coupon • Delta • Design • Dictator • Diploma • Doctor • Foxtrot • Golf • Gorilla • Harmony • Hospital • Hotel • Inspection • International • Internet • Interview • League • Literature • Machine • Magnet • Mama • Manga • Margarine • Marmalade • Massage • Medal • Medicine • Menu • Metro • Microphone • Microscope • Motor • Number • Okay (or OK) • Olympiad • Operation • Papa • Party • Pedal • Pistol • Pizza • Police • Politics • Psychology • Quiz • Radio • Register • Sandal • Sandwich • Sardine • Satan • Sauna • Shock • Signal • Sport • Station • Stress • Studio • Taboo • Tango • Taxi • Telephone • Telescope • Television • Tennis • Test • Tokamak • Tomahawk • Tomato • Tractor • Transport • Tsunami • Uniform • Visa • Whiskey • X-ray ==See also==