linguistic borrowing

20 LETTERS · STARTS WITH L

linguistic borrowing is a valid 20-letter word worth 28 points in Scrabble and 36 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS

L1I1N1G2U1I1S1T1I1C3B3O1R1R1O1W4I1N1G2

1 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 0 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 2 =28 PTS

DOUBLE WORD → 56TRIPLE WORD → 84

MEANING

What does linguistic borrowing mean?