It is possible for a word to travel from the recipient language to another and then back to the original donor language in a different form, a process called reborrowing. Some examples are:
| Original | Borrowed to: | Reborrowed to original as: |
|---|---|---|
| French bœuf “ox” | English as beef, the root of the English word beefsteak | bifteck |
| Greek κίνημα (transliteration: kinima) | English as cinema “motion picture” | σινεμά (transliteration: sinema) “motion picture” |
| English animation | Japanese as アニメ, (transliteration: anime) "animated movies" | anime (Japanese-style cartoons) |
| Hebrew keli-zemer “musical instrument” | Yiddish as klezmer “(traditional Ashkenazic) musician” | klezmer “(traditional Ashkenazic) musician” |
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