Historical or diachronic lexicology deals with ……………………………. of the vocabulary and the changes it has undergone. Ex. In descriptive lexicology the words "to take", "to adopt" are considered to
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Historical or diachronic lexicology deals with ……………………………. of the vocabulary and the changes it has undergone. Ex. In descriptive lexicology the words "to take", "to adopt" are considered to be English, not different from such native words as "child", "foot", "stone" etc. But in historical lexicology they are treated as borrowed words.