EuroLex/E/Tonic

tonic


 * Original language: English
 * Original form and meaning: n. +1a 'an invigorating cosmetic fluid', 2 'anything serving to invigorate', 3 'tonic water'

(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: tónik [th ou:nik], mid20c, meaning: +1a (rend 'andlitsvatn'), status: restricted use; 3, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English; Romanian: tonic < apa tonica (3) [tonik], 1970s, via French, meaning: +1a, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English; Russian: tonik, end20c, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English (modern); Bulgarian: tonik, 1970s, meaning: 2,3, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English; Albanian: tonik, meaning: +1a,3, status: restricted use: youth; Greek: tonik, end20c, meaning: 3, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English;

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