macroacquisition

noun

Etymology

From macro- + acquisition, coined by Janina Brutt-Griffler.

  1. derived from acquisītiō
  2. derived from acquisicion
  3. prefixed as macroacquisition — “macro + acquisition

Definitions

  1. The acquisition of a second language by a speech community.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for macroacquisition. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA