EuroLex/E/Terrier

terrier


 * Original language: English
 * Original form and meaning: 'a small dog of various breeds originally used for turning out foxes etc. from their earths'

(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: terrier [= English], 20c, meaning: the same as in English, status: word is known mainly to bilinguals and felt to be English; Romanian: terier [terjer], end19c, meaning: the same as in English, status: word comes from other source than English: French; Russian: ter'er, beg20c, meaning: the same as in English, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English; Bulgarian: terier, beg20c, via French, meaning: the same as in English, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English (technical); Greek: terie, 20c, via French, the same as in English, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English;

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