elev

Forms

elev m (plural elevi, feminine equivalent elevă)^[1] The old variant aliev follows Italian: „Alievii împlinesc cursul învățăturilor în 10 ani” “the pupils complete the course of studies in ten years” (1830).^[2][3]

Etymology

It is borrowed from French élève (“pupil”), the noun of élever (“to raise, bring up”).^[3][4][5][1] DELR sees Italian allievo as a model behind the French word, and takes the old variant aliev straight from it.^[3][2] The French verb goes back to Latin levō (“to lighten, raise”), from levis (“light”).^[3]

Earliest recorded meaning

DELR and Tiktin date the first record to 1800, in Piuariu-Molnar, with the sense “pupil, one taught by someone”.^[3][5] MDA2 starts with alievii in the Curierul românesc of 1830.^[6][2]

Semantic evolution

Besides the schoolchild, the word names a disciple who follows a master or a doctrine.^[4][6] The feminine elevă is recorded from 1839.^[3] Compounds of the 1970s include elev-muncitor “worker who keeps up school studies” and elev-problemă “problem pupil”.^[7]

Timeline

• 1800 – in Piuariu-Molnar, the first record.^[3][5]
• 1830 – alievii in the Curierul românesc.^[6][2]
• 1839 – the feminine elevă.^[3]
• 1973 – elev-muncitor in the press.^[7]

Meanings

Noun

1. A pupil, a person who studies in a school or is taught by someone; a schoolchild.^[4][6][1]
2. A disciple, a follower of a master, a school or a doctrine.^[4][6]

Word family

• elevă

Related words

• lua
• elevator

References

1. ^ a b c Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d Academia Română (1965–2010), Dicționarul limbii române (DLR), serie nouă, tom I–XIX, București: Editura Academiei Române, p. s.v. elev
3. ^ a b c d e f g h 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. elev
4. ^ a b c d DEX (2009), Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române [Explanatory dictionary of the Romanian language], Bucharest: Editura Univers Enciclopedic, p. 349
5. ^ 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. elev
6. ^ 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, 801
7. ^ a b Dimitrescu, Florica (1997), Dicționar de cuvinte recente, 2nd ed., București: Logos (with the 3rd ed., 2013, in CLRE), p. s.v. elev