EuroLex/E/Gel


 * Original language: English, from French gélatine, ultimately from Latin gelare 'to freeze' (cf. jelly from Old French gelée) *
 * Original form and meaning: gel, noun, 1.) 'a semi-solid colloidal solution or jelly of a solid dispersed in liquid', 2.) 'a jelly-like substance used for setting the hair'

(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)


 * Annotations: *DEA = Dictionary of European Anglicisms by Manfred Görlach (2001), Oxford: OUP.; **CODEE = The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology by T.F. Hoad (1986), Oxford: Clarendon.


 * Information on Other Languages: Albanian: -gel, schel, 20c; meaning 1 and 2; status: fully accepted but still marked as English. Greek: tzel, zele, zel; 1980s; via French; meaning 1 and 2; status: fully accepted but still marked as English. Icelandic: gel [cε:l]; 1980s; meaning 2; status: fully accepted but still marked as English. Romanian: gel [= Engl. pron.]; mid20c; meaning 1 and 2; from French/Italian. Russian: gel; end20c; meaning 1 and 2; status: not (or no longer) recognized as English. Bulgarian: gel; mid 20c; via German; meaning 1 and 2; status: not (or no longer) recognized as English.

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