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idioma
Greek · ancient
"a private or peculiar usage"
a peculiarity of language, from idios (one's own)
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Stage 2 of 3
idiome
French · 1500s
"a language's distinctive form of expression"
carried into French for a language's distinctive expressions
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Stage 3 of 3
idiom
English · 1500s
"a phrase whose meaning isn't literal"
settled as the word for an expression whose meaning isn't literal
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