decizie

Forms

decizie f (plural decizii)^[1]

Etymology

It is borrowed from French décision, taken in together with learned Latin decisio.^[2][3][4][1] Tiktin gives only the French word, and Marcu & Maneca put the Latin first, comparing the French.^[5][6] Ciorănescu lists it among the derivatives of decide, as a loan of the French noun.^[7]

The Latin noun is formed from dēcīdō (“to cut off; to settle”) with the suffix -tiō and meant a settlement or agreement.^[8][1] French borrowed it from Latin in 1314, at first in the language of the law.^[9] The older forms deciziune and decisiune follow the Latin accusative dēcīsiōnem, and DELR also records decisie, dețisie and dețizie.^[2]

Earliest recorded meaning

DELR, MDA2 and Tiktin date the first record to 1794, in the form deciziona, in a calendar printed in Vienna.^[2][4][5] The sense was a judgment: „Deciziona aceasta judecoasă este aceea care mă despoaie de numele mieu cel bun” “this judicial decision is what strips me of my good name”.^[10]

Semantic evolution

The word first named the decision of a court or an authority, and DLR still puts that sense first.^[10] In the 19th century it was written decisiune (Maiorescu speaks of “all the decisions of the courts”), and later decizie.^[10] Negulici's dictionary of 1848 has both decisie and decisiune, glossed “resolution, decision”.^[11] The general sense, a choice made after weighing a matter, and the rarer sense “firmness” follow the French noun, which took on the sense “resoluteness” in 1676 and the everyday sense “decision taken” in 1791.^[3][9]

The family grew from the same French and Latin sources: decisiv from 1845, decis and indecizie from 1848, decide from 1846, and decizional from 1965.^[2]

Timeline

• 1794 – deciziona “judicial decision”, in a calendar printed in Vienna; the first record.^[2][10]
• 1845 – decisiv “decisive”.^[2]
• 1846 – the verb decide.^[2]
• 1848 – decisie and decisiune in Negulici;^[11][2] decis and indecizie in the same dictionary.^[11][2]
• 1965 – decizional “decision-making”.^[2]

Meanings

Noun

1. A decision: a resolution reached after examining a problem or a situation; the solution chosen among several; hotărâre.^[3][4][1]
2. A decision of a state authority or of a court; the document that contains it: decizie de numire “letter of appointment”.^[3][4][10]
3. drept de decizie: the right to take such a decision.^[4]
4. (rare) determination, firmness.^[3][1]

Related words

• decide
• decis
• decisiv
• indecizie
• decizional

Usage notes

The variant deciziune is dated.^[3][2]

References

1. ^ a b c d e Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k 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. decide
3. ^ a b c d e f DEX (2009), Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române [Explanatory dictionary of the Romanian language], Bucharest: Editura Univers Enciclopedic, p. 277
4. ^ a b c d e Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2010), Micul dicționar academic, 2nd ed., 4 vols., București: Univers Enciclopedic Gold, p. 1, 617
5. ^ a b Tiktin, Hariton (2000–2005), Rumänisch-deutsches Wörterbuch, 3rd ed., revised by Paul Miron and Elsa Lüder, 3 vols., Cluj-Napoca: Clusium, p. s.v. decizie
6. ^ Marcu, Florin; Maneca, Constant (1986), Dicționar de neologisme, 3rd ed., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România
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. decide
8. ^ Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. s.v. dēcīsiō
9. ^ a b Rey, Alain, ed. (1992), Dictionnaire historique de la langue française, Paris: Le Robert, p. s.v. décision
10. ^ a b c d e Academia Română (1965–2010), Dicționarul limbii române (DLR), serie nouă, tom I–XIX, București: Editura Academiei Române, p. s.v. decizie
11. ^ a b c Negulici, I. D. (1848), Vocabular romînesc de toate vorbele streine întroduse pînă acum în limba romînească și de toate cuvintele ce s-ar mai putea introduce încă, București