Etymology and origin of the Romanian word fermier
- Confidence
- Established
- Formation
- Borrowing
- Borrowed from
- French fermier
- Ultimate origin
- French ferme
Forms
fermier m (plural fermieri, feminine equivalent fermieră)[1]
Etymology
It is borrowed from French fermier (“farmer”), according to MDA2, DEX, Scriban and the neologism dictionaries.[2][3][4][5][6][1] The French noun is formed ferme (“farm”) with the suffix -ier.[1] Romanian took fermă from French as well;[2] MDA2 dates it to 1868.[2]
Semantic evolution
The word names both the owner and the leaseholder of a farm.[3][2] The dictionaries of the 1950s limited it to bourgeois society and quoted it of American farmers, while today it is used of any farmer.[7][8][3] The feminine is fermieră.[1][3]
Timeline
- 1868 – fermă “farm”, the base, first recorded.[2]
- 1929 – in Șăineanu's dictionary: one who holds or works a farm.[9]
- 1939 – in Scriban's dictionary, “holder of a farm”.[4]
Meanings
Noun
Related words
References
- ^ a b c d e Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
- ^ 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, 896
- ^ a b c d e DEX (2009), Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române [Explanatory dictionary of the Romanian language], Bucharest: Editura Univers Enciclopedic, p. 389
- ^ a b Scriban, August (1939), Dicționaru limbii românești (etimologii, înțelesuri, exemple, citațiuni, arhaizme, neologizme, provincializme), Iași: Presa Bună, p. 502
- ^ Marcu, Florin; Maneca, Constant (1986), Dicționar de neologisme, 3rd ed., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România
- ^ Marcu, Florin (2000), Marele dicționar de neologisme, București: Saeculum Vizual
- ^ Macrea, Dimitrie; Petrovici, Emil (coord.) (1955–1957), Dicționarul limbii romîne literare contemporane, 4 vols., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Populare Romîne, p. 2, 279
- ^ Academia Republicii Populare Romîne (1958), Dicționarul limbii romîne moderne, București: Editura Academiei Republicii Populare Romîne
- ^ Șăineanu, Lazăr (1929), Dicționar universal al limbei române, 6th ed., Craiova: Scrisul Românesc, p. 249
Related etymologies
Cite this entry
“Fermier.” Etymologically, 12 Nov. 2026, etymologically.com/ro/fermier. Accessed 12 Nov. 2026.
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