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Words like taco, burrito, and quesadilla appear on menus in the United States, but they were not originally English words. These are examples of . The Spanish word for collaborate is colaborar. This is an example of a . Many English science words come from , and many legal and government words come from .

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These are examples of borrowings.

This is an example of a cognate.

Many English science words come from Greek and Latin.

Many legal and government words come from Latin and French.

Step-by-step explanation:

A borrowing is using words from one language to describe things or be generally accepted in a different language.

Words like tacos, burritos, etc are borrowed words that are generally accepted and used in the United States.

A cognate means having the same linguistic derivation as another.

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