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When words are taken from one language and incorporated into another.

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Has a word or a phrase been borrowed into another language with permission?

Source, in Russian: I thought at this moment it was the first time in the world when someone asked the donor language speaker for permission before borrowing something from their language. … Are there (documented) instances of borrowing where the receiving side asked for permission before using a word, idiom or another linguistic feature into their language? …
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