EuroLex/E/Tommy

Tommy


 * Original language: English
 * Original form and meaning: n. 1 'a nickname for a British private soldier', +2 'any Briton'

(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: Russian: Tommi, uninfluenced, beg20c, meaning: 1, status: known as a foreignism, used only with reference to British or American contexts; Bulgarian: tomi, mid20c, meaning: 1, status: known as a foreignism, used only with reference to British or American contexts;

,