EuroLex/E/Tunnel

tunnel


 * Original language: English
 * Original form and meaning: n. 1,2 'an artificial underground passage built by humans or animals'

(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: Romanian: tunel [tunel], mid19c, via French, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English; Russian: tunnel, mid19c, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English; Bulgarian: tunel, end19c, via German, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English; Albanian: tunel, 20c, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English; Greek: tunel, beg20c, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English;

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