👉 Putation is a term used in linguistics and philosophy to describe the process by which words acquire or change their meaning over time, often as a result of borrowing from other languages. It refers to the way that word meanings are shaped through interaction with other words, especially when they come into contact with each other through various linguistic processes such as translation, inflection, and context. Putation is an important aspect of language evolution and can be studied in many different areas of linguistics, including morphological