adineauri

Etymology

Its core is inherited from Latin in illā hōrā (“in that hour, at that moment”), to which the prepositions de and a were added, as in many Romanian adverbs.^[2][1] DELR and Tiktin put dē before the phrase, and DELR also allows ad; when the stress moved off the noun, the result was a form (a)dineaoră.^[3][4] Pușcariu proposed a phrase with both prepositions before it, the analysis DEX and MDA2 give.^[2][5][6] If the base had no ⟨a-⟩, the forms with ⟨a-⟩ follow other deictic adverbs such as acolo beside colo.^[3][7]

Hasdeu derived the word from a phrase with ūnā hōra “only an hour ago” after the two prepositions;^[3] DELR finds this hard to accept, since it does not explain the diphthong ⟨-ea-⟩ that the Aromanian form confirms.^[3] Scriban took it from dănăoară with an ⟨a-⟩ added after the model of adverbs such as aici.^[8] The adverb survives south of the Danube as Aromanian deaneavra or adeneavra.^[3][4] Italian allora goes back to the same Latin phrase, and Old Spanish agora to hāc hōrā.^[2][1][9]

Earliest recorded meaning

Tiktin's first record is from Coresi's Gospel book of 1561, with the form dinioară.^[4] Dosoftei's lives of the saints (1682–1686) describe figs as fresh „ca deneaurea culese” “as if just picked”.^[4][5][10] DELR dates the form adineaorea to 1643 and adineaori itself to the late 18th century.^[3]

Semantic evolution

The adverb points to a moment that has only just passed; the DA contrasts it with odinioară, which points to a distant past, and deunăzi, which points to a recent one.^[10] From “a moment ago” it widened to “recently”.^[5][6] With mai before it the time becomes vaguer: mai adineauri “a little while ago”.^[10][11]

The word has many dialect forms: Muntenia has adineaorea and adineauri, Moldavia adinioarea and adinioară, and southern Transylvania adineaunea.^[4] Scriban notes adineauri as the western form and adinioarea as the eastern one.^[8] DELR explains adinioară as a blend with odinioară.^[3]

Timeline

• 1561 – dinioară in Coresi's Gospel book, the first record.^[4]
• 1643 – adineaorea, in the form dineaolea, in Năsturel's Varlaam și Ioasaf.^[3]
• 1682–1686 – deneaurea in Dosoftei's lives of the saints.^[5][4]
• 1705 – dineaore in Cantemir.^[3]
• c. 1770 – deneaornic, a grammar term for the simple perfect tense, formed on the adverb.^[3]
• 1780–1801 – the form adineaori in Micu.^[3]
• 1931 – adineaurelea “a moment ago” in CADE.^[3]

Meanings

Adverb

1. A moment ago, just now: L-am văzut adineauri pe stradă.^[6][5][1]
2. Recently, not long ago.^[5][12]
3. până adineauri: until lately.^[5][10]

Related words

• odinioară
• oară
• Aromanian deaneavra
• Latin hōra

Usage notes

DEX gives adineaori as the main form and adineauri as its variant, while MDA2 and Wiktionary list the word under adineauri.^[13][5][1] Other forms in use are adinioarea and dineaori.^[5][1]

References

1. ^ a b c d e f Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c 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. adineaori
3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2011–), Dicționarul etimologic al limbii române (DELR), vol. I: A–B (2011), vol. II: C (2015–2018), București: Editura Academiei Române; continued online at delr.lingv.ro, p. s.v. adineaori
4. ^ a b c d e f g Tiktin, Hariton (2000–2005), Rumänisch-deutsches Wörterbuch, 3rd ed., revised by Paul Miron and Elsa Lüder, 3 vols., Cluj-Napoca: Clusium, p. s.v. adineaori
5. ^ a b c d e f g h i Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2010), Micul dicționar academic, 2nd ed., 4 vols., București: Univers Enciclopedic Gold, p. 1, 16
6. ^ a b c Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan” (1998), Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române, 2nd ed., București: Univers Enciclopedic, p. 12
7. ^ Candrea, I.-A.; Densusianu, Ov. (1907–1914), Dicționarul etimologic al limbii române: elementele latine (A–Putea), București, p. s.v. adineaori
8. ^ a b Scriban, August (1939), Dicționaru limbii românești (etimologii, înțelesuri, exemple, citațiuni, arhaizme, neologizme, provincializme), Iași: Presa Bună, p. 1, 70
9. ^ Cortelazzo, Manlio; Zolli, Paolo (1999), Dizionario etimologico della lingua italiana, 2nd ed. by Manlio Cortelazzo and Michele A. Cortelazzo, Bologna: Zanichelli, p. s.v. allora
10. ^ 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. adineaori
11. ^ Macrea, Dimitrie; Petrovici, Emil (coord.) (1955–1957), Dicționarul limbii romîne literare contemporane, 4 vols., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Populare Romîne, p. 1, 25
12. ^ Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2002), Noul dicționar explicativ al limbii române, București: Litera Internațional, p. s.v. adineauri
13. ^ DEX (2009), Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române [Explanatory dictionary of the Romanian language], Bucharest: Editura Univers Enciclopedic, p. 13