corridor English · revision 15211

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1591|origins=ine-pro *ḱers-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈkoɹəˌdoɹ/, /ˈkoɹədɚ/; /ˈkɒɹɪdɔː/, /-də/ ''(UK)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|frm|corridor]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) from [[it|corridore]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) an alteration, under the influence of [[m|it|corridore|t=runner]], of [[m|it|corridoio]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986)^(NODE 1998) from [[la-vul|*curritōrium|t=running place]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) from [[la|currō|t=to run]] (see [[current]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) from [[ine-pro|*ḱers-|t=to run]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ In fortification, a covered way or continuous path around the defences: 1591 in Barnhart and the OED, the 1590s in Etymonline,^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) a military sense now obsolete.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ A passage or covered walk between two places is from 1620,^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989) and an outside gallery round a court from the 1640s.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) The modern sense, a long hallway with rooms opening off it, is by 1814, in Byron's ''The Corsair''.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) A passage along a railway carriage is from 1892,^(OED 1989) and a strip of a state's territory running through another, giving access to the sea, from 1919.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) ''Corridors of power'' refers to the senior levels of government.^(Cresswell 2021)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1591 – a covered way in a fortification.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1620 – a passage.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1814 – a hallway.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1892 – a corridor train.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1919 – a territorial corridor.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A long passage in a building, with rooms opening off it; a [[hallway]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A strip of land giving access through foreign territory, as from a landlocked country to the sea.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A strip of land or airspace along a route: ''an air corridor''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[corridored]]

+ * [[utilidor]]

+ * [[Northeast Corridor]]

+ * [[air corridor]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[current]]

+ * [[course]]

+ * [[courier]]

+ * [[cursor]]

+ * [[run]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}