deoparte

Etymology

It is a compound from Romanian de (“from”) + o (“one”) + parte (“side, part”), literally “from one side”.^[2][3][4][1]

Earliest recorded meaning

MDA2's first record is in Miron Costin, who tells how a cloud rose „deoparte de ceriu” “from one side of the sky”.^[2][3] Dosoftei's verse Psalter (1673) has „Cleveatnicii stau deoparte” “the slanderers stand aside”.^[3][3]

Semantic evolution

The adverb has kept its sense “at some distance, to one side, apart” from the 17th-century chroniclers to today.^[3][4] DLR quotes a chema or a lua pe cineva deoparte “to call or take someone aside” from Creangă to Preda, a se retrage deoparte “to step aside” from Alecsandri and Rebreanu, and a lăsa deoparte “to leave aside” from Pleșu.^[3]

Timeline

• 1673 – in Dosoftei's verse Psalter.^[3]
• 17th century – in Miron Costin.^[2][3]

Meanings

Adverb

1. At some distance from the speaker or from another fixed point: a sta deoparte “to keep apart”.^[4][2]
2. To one side, aside: l-a luat deoparte “he took him aside”;^[4][3] a lăsa deoparte “to set aside”.^[4][3]
3. In isolation, separately.^[4][2]

Related words

• parte
• la o parte

Usage notes

The word was also written de-o parte, and the variant d-o parte is heard in Muntenia.^[2] The first two vowels are pronounced in one syllable or in two.^[5][1]

References

1. ^ a b c Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e f Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2010), Micul dicționar academic, 2nd ed., 4 vols., București: Univers Enciclopedic Gold, p. 1, 644
3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Academia Română (1965–2010), Dicționarul limbii române (DLR), serie nouă, tom I–XIX, București: Editura Academiei Române, p. s.v. deoparte
4. ^ a b c d e f DEX (2009), Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române [Explanatory dictionary of the Romanian language], Bucharest: Editura Univers Enciclopedic, p. 290
5. ^ Academia Republicii Populare Romîne (1958), Dicționarul limbii romîne moderne, București: Editura Academiei Republicii Populare Romîne, p. 1, 227