EuroLex/F/Coupon
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- Original language: French
- Original form and meaning: coupon - 1. coupon, voucher; 2. [finan.] bond coupon, interest coupon, interest voucher, interest warrant
(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 | kupon | ... | 'meaning 1, 2' | '...' | ... |
| Danish | kupon | ... | 'meaning 1, 2' | '...' | ... |
| Dutch | coupon | ... | 'meaning 1, 2' | '...' | ... |
| English | coupon | certificate of interest due on a bond: 1822
discount ticket: 1860s specific advertising sense: 1906 | 'meaning 1, 2;
and also: Metallurgy: a sample of metal or metalwork submitted to a customer or testing agency for approval' | '...' | http://www.etymonline.com |
| Estonian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Finnish | kuponki | ... | 'meaning 1, 2' | '...' | ... |
| French | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Frisian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| German | Coupon | 1776 | 'meaning 1, 2' | '...' | http://www.koeblergerhard.de/derwbhin.html |
| Hungarian | kupon | ... | 'meaning 1, 2' | '...' | ... |
| Irish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Italian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Latvian | kupons | ... | 'meaning 1, 2' | '...' | ... |
| Lithuanian | kuponas | ... | 'meaning 1, 2' | '...' | ... |
| Maltese | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Norwegian | rabattkupong | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
| Polish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Portuguese | cupão, cupom | ... | 'meaning 1, 2' | '...' | ... |
| Rumantsch | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Slovak | kupón | ... | 'meaning 1, 2' | '...' | ... |
| Slovenian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Spanish | cupón | ... | 'meaning 1, 2' | '...' | ... |
| Swedish | kupong | ... | 'meaning 1, 2' | '...' | ... |
Annotations
editEtymology: from F coupon, from OF coupon "piece cut off", from couper "to cut", from coup "a blow".
Meaning widened to "discount ticket" 1860s by British travel agent Thomas Cook. The specific advertising sense is from 1906.
Source: http://www.etymonline.com
Information on Other Languages
editEstonian: lõigend Italian: cedola, buono Polish: talon Slovenian: odrezek