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"begging the question". it's not the same as "bringing up a question", it means assuming your conclusion is true in the course of an argument
To be fair, that original meaning is illogical (as in, the meaning doesn't follow from the literal words used), so it's not surprising that people misused it to have a more logical meaning.
(wiki says) it comes from Greek to Latin to English in the 16th century, so I'm sure it suffers a bit in modern transfusion.
This is one of those ones that's different whether you're in British English or American English.
The technical philosophical usage seems to mostly be on the British side of things.