EuroLex/E/Take-off


 * Original language: English
 * Original form and meaning: 'the act of becoming airborne (of an aeroplane or rocket)'

(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: Icelandic: "take-off" [= English], mid/end20c, meaning: the same as in English, status: restricted use: technical, flugtak; Romanian: decolare; Belgian: teikof, end20c, meaning: the same as in English, status: restricted use: technical

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