Etymology and origin of the Romanian word înfierbăza
- Confidence
- Uncertain
- Formation
- Inherited
- First attested
- 1682–1686 Dosoftei's lives of the saints More words from the 17th century
- Inherited from
- Latin *infervidio
- Ultimate origin
- Latin fervidus
Pronunciation
- /ɨn.fjer.bəˈza/[1]
Forms
Verb: present not attested, past participle înfierbăzat; 1st conjugation.[1]
Etymology
Capidan and the DA take it as inherited from Vulgar Latin *(in)fervidiāre, formed on fervidus (“boiling, burning”).[2][3] MDA2 analyses it as from Romanian în- + fierbăza and takes the simple verb from the same Latin form.[4][5] Ciorănescu doubts the Latin etymology, because the word appears only in Dosoftei, whose works abound in personal coinages.[3][1]
Earliest recorded meaning
The DA records it, with and without the prefix and in the dialect pronunciation înherbădza, only in Dosoftei, and only as a verbal noun and a participle: înfierbădzare de păcate “the heat of sins” in his lives of the saints.[2]
Timeline
- 1682-1686 – înfierbădzare and herbădzată “heated, drunk” in Dosoftei's lives of the saints.[2]
Meanings
Verb
Related words
References
- ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
- ^ a b c d 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. înfierbăza
- ^ a b 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. fierbinte
- ^ a b Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2010), Micul dicționar academic, 2nd ed., 4 vols., București: Univers Enciclopedic Gold, p. 1, 1226
- ^ Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2010), Micul dicționar academic, 2nd ed., 4 vols., București: Univers Enciclopedic Gold, p. 1, 902
Related etymologies
Cite this entry
“Înfierbăza.” Etymologically, 12 Nov. 2026, etymologically.com/ro/%C3%AEnfierb%C4%83za. Accessed 12 Nov. 2026.
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