camionetă

Forms

camionetă f (plural camionete)^[1]

Etymology

It is borrowed from French camionnette.^{[2][3][4][5][1]} That word is formed from French camion + -ette, a diminutive of the word that Romanian borrowed as camion, recorded from 1873.^[1][2]

Earliest recorded meaning

DELR dates the word to 1931, with the sense “a lorry of smaller size”.^[2] CADE, published that year, describes it as a light, fast motor lorry that carries up to 1,500 kilograms.^[6]

Semantic evolution

The sense has stayed that of a small lorry or van.^[3][7] In 1949 the compound autocamionetă appears, formed on it with auto-, and DEX and MDA2 define camionetă by that word.^[2][3][7] The dictionaries note the pronunciation in four syllables, with the i and o in separate syllables.^[8][3]

Timeline

• 1931 – camionetă “small lorry”, the first record.^[2][6]
• 1949 – autocamionetă, formed on it.^[2]

Meanings

Noun

1. A small lorry or van: autocamionetă.^[3][7][1]

Word family

• autocamionetă

Related words

• camion

References

1. ^ a b c d 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. camion
3. ^ a b c d e DEX (2009), Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române [Explanatory dictionary of the Romanian language], Bucharest: Editura Univers Enciclopedic, p. 137
4. ^ 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. camion
5. ^ Marcu, Florin; Maneca, Constant (1986), Dicționar de neologisme, 3rd ed., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România
6. ^ a b Candrea, I.-A.; Adamescu, Gh. (1926–1931), Dicționarul enciclopedic ilustrat „Cartea Românească”, București: Cartea Românească, p. s.v. camionetă
7. ^ 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, 283
8. ^ Macrea, Dimitrie; Petrovici, Emil (coord.) (1955–1957), Dicționarul limbii romîne literare contemporane, 4 vols., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Populare Romîne, p. 1, 321