Etymology

corridor

cor·ri·dor
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Today it means: A narrow hall or passage with rooms leading off it, as in a building or in a railway carriage. Full definition →

French corridor ← Italian corridore
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  1. Italian · derived fromcorridore“long passage”
  2. French · borrowed fromcorridor
  3. English todaycorridor

Borrowed from French corridor, from Italian corridore (“long passage”) (= corridoio), from correre (“to run”).

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