EuroLex/E/Two-step

two-step

  • Original language: English
  • Original form and meaning: n. 'a round dance in march or polka 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 two-step [= English] beg20c the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: obsolete; dito ...
Czech ... ... '...' '...' ...
Danish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Dutch two-step [= English] end19c the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: technical; dito ...
English ... ... '...' '...' ...
Estonian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Finnish two-step [= English] 1920s the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: obsolete; dito ...
French two-step [tustεp] beg20c the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: obsolete; dito ...
Frisian ... ... '...' '...' ...
German two-step [= English] 1920s the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: obsolete; dito ...
Hungarian two-step [= English] beg20c the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: obsolete; dito ...
Irish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Italian two-step [= English] 1940s the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: obsolete; dito ...
Latvian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Lithuanian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Maltese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Norwegian two-step [= English] 20c the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: obsolete; dito ...
Polish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Portuguese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Rumantsch ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovak ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovenian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Spanish two-step [= English/tueste(p)]] beg20c the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: archaic; 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: tústep [thustεhp], beg/mid20c, via Danish, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: obsolete; Russian: tustep, beg20c, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: obsolete;,