Where does “loan rendering” come from?
loan rendering (English) comes from English rendering, from English render, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti — he, she.
loan rendering (English): An inexact calque where at least one constituent isn't translated literally, in order to give readers of the target language a more accurate mental image
Definitions
- An inexact calque where at least one constituent isn't translated literally, in order to give readers of the target language a more accurate mental image
Ancestry of “loan rendering”, step by step
loan rendering traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English rendering
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | rendering | The act or process by which something is... |
| 2 | English | render | To cause to become; To interpret, give an... |
| 3 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 4 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 5 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 6 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |