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.)


Language Form Date of Borrowing (and Obsolescence) Current Meaning and Status Earlier Meanings and Statusses Source
Catalan ... ... '...' '...' ...
Croatian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Czech ... ... '...' '...' ...
Danish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Dutch Tommy ... 1, status: known as a foreignism, used only with reference to British or American contexts dito ...
English ... ... '...' '...' ...
Estonian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Finnish ... ... '...' '...' ...
French ... ... '...' '...' ...
Frisian ... ... '...' '...' ...
German Tommy [= English] beg20c 1, status: restricted use: archaic; +2, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English dito ...
Hungarian Tommy/tomi [= English] end19/beg20c 1, status: restricted use: archaic; dito ...
Irish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Italian Tommy 1900s 1, status: restricted use: archaic; dito ...
Latvian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Lithuanian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Maltese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Norwegian Tommy [= English] 20c 1, status: restricted use: archaic; dito ...
Polish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Portuguese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Rumantsch ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovak ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovenian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Spanish Tommy [= English] beg20c 1, status: known as a foreignism, used only with reference to British or American contexts 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: 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;,