corecta

Forms

corecta (third-person singular present corectează, past participle corectat) 1st conjugation^[1]

Etymology

It is formed from Romanian corect + -a, from the adjective meaning “correct”.^{[2][3][4][5][1]} DELR lists it in the family of corect.^[6] The adjective is borrowed from French correct, German korrekt and the Latin participle corrēctus, from corrigō (“to straighten, correct”).^[6]

Earliest recorded meaning

Tiktin's first record is of 1812, in the sense “to correct mistakes”.^[2] DELR dates it to 1840, in Poenaru, Aaron and Hill's French–Romanian vocabulary, and MDA2 cites Costache Negruzzi.^[6][5]

Semantic evolution

The verb kept its first sense, to remove mistakes and faults, and is used reflexively for correcting oneself.^[4][2] Romanian also has corija, from French corriger, with the same meaning.^[7][4] MDN adds a technical sense, the regulation of the flow of a watercourse.^[8]

Timeline

• 1812 – the first record.^[2]
• 1840 – in Poenaru, Aaron and Hill's vocabulary.^[6]
• 1862 – Pontbriant glosses it with French corriger and réformer.^[9]

Meanings

Verb

1. (transitive) To correct the mistakes or faults of something; to corija: A corectat greșelile din text.^[4][5]
2. (reflexive) To correct oneself, to mend one's ways.^[4][10]
3. (technical) To regulate the course of a river or stream.^[8]

Related words

• corect
• corectură
• corector

References

1. ^ a b Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d Tiktin, Hariton (2000–2005), Rumänisch-deutsches Wörterbuch, 3rd ed., revised by Paul Miron and Elsa Lüder, 3 vols., Cluj-Napoca: Clusium, p. s.v. corecta
3. ^ Marcu, Florin; Maneca, Constant (1986), Dicționar de neologisme, 3rd ed., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România, p. s.v. corecta
4. ^ a b c d e DEX (2009), Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române [Explanatory dictionary of the Romanian language], Bucharest: Editura Univers Enciclopedic, p. 236
5. ^ 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, 509
6. ^ a b c d 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. corect
7. ^ 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. corect
8. ^ a b Marcu, Florin (2000), Marele dicționar de neologisme, București: Saeculum Vizual, p. s.v. corecta
9. ^ Pontbriant, Raoul de (1862), Dictiunaru romano-francesu, Bucuresci: A. Ulrich / Göttingen: Dieterich, p. 155
10. ^ Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2002), Noul dicționar explicativ al limbii române, București: Litera Internațional, p. s.v. corecta