Question

The word masticate, which means to chew, has most recently been affected by _____.

1.) borrowing.
2.) being coined.
3.) becoming obsolete.

Answer 1

The best answer is 3. It has been borrowed from Latin, and it has been coined as a word, but these are not recent changes. However, it has fallen out of use (and so has become obsolete), which is more recent. Hope this helps.