botezător

Forms

botezător m (plural botezători)^[1]

Etymology

It is formed from Romanian boteza + -ător, “who baptizes”.^[2][3][1] Wiktionary also allows a direct inheritance from Late Latin baptizātor (“baptizer”).^[1] The verb itself continues Latin baptizō (“to baptize”), from Ancient Greek βαπτίζω (baptízō, “to dip, plunge”).^[4][1] DELR places the word in the family of the verb, with Aromanian pătidzător and Megleno-Romanian bătizător.^[4]

Earliest recorded meaning

The first record is the Slavonic–Romanian Gospel of 1551–1553, in the form butedzator, of John the Baptist.^[4][2]

Semantic evolution

The word is used above all as the epithet of Saint John, Sfântul Ioan Botezătorul “Saint John the Baptist”.^[4][5] The feminine botezătoare is an old word for the font or baptistery, recorded from 1648.^[4][3] The calque rebotezător “Anabaptist”, after Latin anabaptista, was recorded in 1886.^[4]

Timeline

• 1551–1553 – butedzator in a Slavonic–Romanian Gospel book, the first record.^[4][2]
• 1648 – botezătoare “font, baptistery”.^[4]
• 1886 – rebotezător “Anabaptist” in Steinberg's dictionary.^[4]

Meanings

Noun

1. A baptizer, one who baptizes; especially Ioan Botezătorul, John the Baptist.^[5][6][1]

Adjective

1. That baptizes.^[3][7]

Word family

• rebotezător

Related words

• boteza
• botez
• Latin baptizātor

References

1. ^ a b c d e Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c Tiktin, Hariton (2000–2005), Rumänisch-deutsches Wörterbuch, 3rd ed., revised by Paul Miron and Elsa Lüder, 3 vols., Cluj-Napoca: Clusium, p. s.v. botezător
3. ^ a b c Dima, Eugenia (coord.) (2007), Dicționar explicativ ilustrat al limbii române, Chișinău: Arc / Gunivas, p. s.v. botezător
4. ^ a b c d e f g h i 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. boteza
5. ^ a b Scriban, August (1939), Dicționaru limbii românești (etimologii, înțelesuri, exemple, citațiuni, arhaizme, neologizme, provincializme), Iași: Presa Bună, p. 1, 191
6. ^ Candrea, I.-A.; Adamescu, Gh. (1926–1931), Dicționarul enciclopedic ilustrat „Cartea Românească”, București: Cartea Românească, p. s.v. botezător
7. ^ Șăineanu, Lazăr (1929), Dicționar universal al limbei române, 6th ed., Craiova: Scrisul Românesc, p. 1, 75