baschet

Forms

baschet m (plural bascheți)^[1]

Etymology

It is borrowed from French basket, the French short form of basket-ball, from English basketball.^[2][3][1][4] DELR derives it either from the French word or by shortening of the earlier baschetbal, written ⟨basket-ball⟩ in 1924;^[5][6][7] DN and MDN name English and French together.^[5][6][7] The English word is a compound of basket and ball.^[5] French has used the long form since 1898 and the short one since 1903.^[4]

The masculine plural ⟨bascheți⟩ “basketball shoes” is shortened from ⟨ghete de baschet⟩, formed by analogy with teniși.^[5]

Earliest recorded meaning

DELR's first record is in Arghezi, 1944, in the sense “basketball”;^[5][8] MDA2 starts with the newspaper Sportul popular of 1950.^[5][8] The full form basket-ball appears in 1924 in the periodical Cuvântul sportului.^[5]

Semantic evolution

The neuter noun names the game; the masculine plural bascheți, recorded from 1967, names the canvas sports shoes worn for it.^[5][2] Derivatives belong to the long form: baschetbalist “basketball player” (1966) and minibaschet (1967), a simplified game for children.^[5]

Timeline

• 1924 – basket-ball in Cuvântul sportului.^[5]
• 1944 – baschet in Arghezi, the first record.^[5]
• 1950 – in Sportul popular, MDA2's first record.^[8]
• 1967 – bascheți “basketball shoes”, and minibaschet.^[5]

Meanings

Noun

1. (neuter, uncountable) basketball: a game between two teams of five who score by throwing the ball through a basket fixed high on a board.^[2][9][1]
2. (masculine, mostly plural bascheți) Canvas basketball shoes with a thick sole; sneakers.^[2][7][1]

Related words

• baschetbal
• baschetbalist
• minibaschet
• English basketball

References

1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d DEX (2009), Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române [Explanatory dictionary of the Romanian language], Bucharest: Editura Univers Enciclopedic, p. 90
3. ^ Costăchescu, Adriana; Dincă, Daniela; Dragoste, Ramona; Popescu, Mihaela; Scurtu, Gabriela (2009–2010), Dicționar de împrumuturi lexicale din limba franceză (DILF), 2 vols., Craiova: Universitaria, p. s.v. baschet
4. ^ a b Rey, Alain, ed. (1992), Dictionnaire historique de la langue française, Paris: Le Robert
5. ^ 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. baschetbal
6. ^ a b Marcu, Florin; Maneca, Constant (1986), Dicționar de neologisme, 3rd ed., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România, p. s.v. baschet
7. ^ a b c Marcu, Florin (2000), Marele dicționar de neologisme, București: Saeculum Vizual, p. s.v. baschet
8. ^ 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, 167
9. ^ Dima, Eugenia (coord.) (2007), Dicționar explicativ ilustrat al limbii române, Chișinău: Arc / Gunivas, p. s.v. baschet