timing

  • Original language: English
  • Original form and meaning: n. 1 'the way an action or process is timed', +3 'the right time'


(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.)


Language Form Date of Borrowing (and Obsolescence) Current Meaning and Status Earlier Meanings and Statusses Source
Catalan ... ... '...' '...' ...
Croatian tajming end20c the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: technical dito ...
Czech ... ... '...' '...' ...
Danish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Dutch timing [= English] 1960s the same as in English, see above, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English dito ...
English ... ... '...' '...' ...
Estonian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Finnish ... ... '...' '...' ...
French timing < calendrier, minutage [tajmiŋ] beg20c the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: modern, banned dito ...
Frisian ... ... '...' '...' ...
German timing [= English] 1960s +3, status: restricted use: colloquial dito ...
Hungarian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Irish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Italian timing [taimiŋ(g)] 1970s 1, status: restricted use: technical, journalese dito ...
Latvian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Lithuanian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Maltese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Norwegian timing [= English/taimiŋ] 1960s +3, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English dito ...
Polish timing [taimink] end20c 1, status: restricted use: technical dito ...
Portuguese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Rumantsch ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovak ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovenian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Spanish timing [taimin] end20c 1, status: restricted use: modern dito ...
Swedish ... ... '...' '...' ...
  • 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: timing [th aimiŋ(k)], end20c, meaning: 1, status: restricted use: colloquial; Romanian: timing [= English], end20c, meaning: 1, status: restricted use: technical, journalese; Russian: taiming, 1995, meaning: +3, status: restricted use: journalese; Bulgarian: taiming, end20c, meaning: +3, status: restricted use: technical (Sport); Greek: taiming, 1990s, meaning: +3, status: restricted use: colloquial;,