autobuz

Forms

autobuz n (plural autobuze)^[1]

Etymology

It is borrowed from French autobus, as DELR, DEX, MDA2 and Wiktionary give it.^[2][3][4][1] DN and NODEX name borrowed from German Autobus beside the French word, and MDN gives both.^[5][6][7] The French word is a blend from French automobile and omnibus, coined in Paris in 1907.^[2][1] The second part, the name of the horse-drawn coach for public transport, was first an adjective “for all” beside voiture (“vehicle”), from Latin omnibus, the dative plural of omnis (“all”).^[2]

Earliest recorded meaning

DELR dates the first record to 1912, in the review Viața românească, in the spelling autobus.^[2] MDA2's first record is in Mihail Sebastian's plays, in the 1946 edition.^[4]

Semantic evolution

The word has kept its one sense, a closed motor vehicle carrying many passengers in public transport.^[3][2] The French spelling autobus was used beside it and is still listed as a variant.^[3][4] The derivative autobuzist “bus driver” is recorded from 1956.^[4] Newspaper compounds such as autobuz-capcană “bus bomb” and autobuz-școală “training bus” appear from the 1970s on.^[8]

Timeline

• 1907 – the French word autobus is coined in Paris.^[1]
• 1912 – autobus in Viața românească, the first Romanian record.^[2]
• 1946 – autobuz in Mihail Sebastian's plays.^[4]
• 1956 – autobuzist in Iorgu Iordan.^[4]

Meanings

Noun

1. A bus: a motor vehicle with a closed or partly open body, used for the public transport of many passengers.^[3][4][1]

Word family

• autobuzist

Related words

• automobil
• omnibuz

References

1. ^ a b c d e f Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e f 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. autobuz
3. ^ a b c d DEX (2009), Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române [Explanatory dictionary of the Romanian language], Bucharest: Editura Univers Enciclopedic, p. 75
4. ^ a b c d e f g Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2010), Micul dicționar academic, 2nd ed., 4 vols., București: Univers Enciclopedic Gold, p. 1, 132
5. ^ Marcu, Florin; Maneca, Constant (1986), Dicționar de neologisme, 3rd ed., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România, p. s.v. autobuz
6. ^ Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2002), Noul dicționar explicativ al limbii române, București: Litera Internațional, p. s.v. autobuz
7. ^ Marcu, Florin (2000), Marele dicționar de neologisme, București: Saeculum Vizual, p. s.v. autobuz
8. ^ Dimitrescu, Florica (1997), Dicționar de cuvinte recente, 2nd ed., București: Logos (with the 3rd ed., 2013, in CLRE), p. s.v. autobuz