Etymologically

Etymology and origin of the Romanian word încări

Confidence
Established
Formation
Inherited
First attested
c. 1563–1583 Codicele Voronețean More words from the 16th century
Inherited from
Latin incalesco
Ultimate origin
Latin calēscō
Etymology tree
inherited borrowed derived
Latin caleō
Latin calēscō
Latin incalēscō
Romanian încări
From the same root
Latin calefaciō ← caleō
Latin calidus ← caleō
Latin calor ← caleō

Forms

încări (third-person singular present încărește, past participle încărit); fourth conjugation.[1]

Etymology

It is inherited from Latin incalēscō (“to grow warm”), which passed into the fourth conjugation, as Latin inchoative verbs did in Romanian.[2][1][3] MDA2 gives the same etymon, and Tiktin starts from the simple calēscō.[4][5] The Latin verb is formed with in- on the simple one.[1][6]

Earliest recorded meaning

Tiktin's first record is the 16th-century Codicele Voronețean, in the Epistle of James (2:16): „Încăreașteți-vă și săturați-vă” “be warmed and filled”.[5][3] The Psaltirea Scheiană has it in Psalm 38:4, „Încărescu-se înrema mea în mere” “my heart grew hot within me”, where Coresi's psalter has încălzi.[5][3]

Timeline

  • c. 1563-1583 – the Codicele Voronețean, the first record.[5]
  • late 16th century – the Psaltirea Scheiană.[5]
  • c. 1650-1700 – the Latin–Romanian glossary of the Anonymus Caransebesiensis, the record MDA2 dates.[4][3]

Meanings

Verb

  1. (reflexive, obsolete) To grow warm, to heat up.[4][1]

Usage notes

The word was replaced by încălzi.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
  2. ^ Ciorănescu, Alexandru (1958–1966), Diccionario etimológico rumano, La Laguna: Universidad de La Laguna (Romanian ed.: Dicționarul etimologic al limbii române, București: Saeculum, 2001), p. s.v. încări
  3. ^ a b c d e Academia Română (1913–1949), Dicționarul limbii române (DA), ed. Sextil Pușcariu, tom I (A–B, C, D–De) and tom II (F–I, J–Lojniță), București: Socec / Universul / Monitorul Oficial și Imprimeriile Statului; page scans at cflr-scans.solirom.ro, p. s.v. încări
  4. ^ a b c Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2010), Micul dicționar academic, 2nd ed., 4 vols., București: Univers Enciclopedic Gold, p. 1, 1204
  5. ^ a b c d e Tiktin, Hariton (2000–2005), Rumänisch-deutsches Wörterbuch, 3rd ed., revised by Paul Miron and Elsa Lüder, 3 vols., Cluj-Napoca: Clusium, p. s.v. încări
  6. ^ Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press

Related etymologies

  • apă · also from Latin
  • bun · also from Latin
  • unde · also from Latin
  • veni · also from Latin
  • noi · also from Latin
  • bine · also from Latin
  • un · also from Latin
  • și · also from Latin
Cite this entry

“Încări.” Etymologically, 12 Nov. 2026, etymologically.com/ro/%C3%AEnc%C4%83ri. Accessed 12 Nov. 2026.

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