flaur

Forms

flaur n (plural flaure)^[1]

Etymology

It is inherited from Latin flābrum (“gust or blast of wind”), as Bogrea proposed in the first volume of Dacoromania;^[2][1] Ciorănescu and the REW accept the etymology.^[3][2][1] The Latin noun is formed on flō (“to blow”) with the instrumental suffix -brum.^[4][1]

Semantic evolution

The Latin sense “blast of wind” became the name of an instrument one blows into.^[2][3] Ciorănescu calls it a rare word.^[3]

Meanings

Noun

1. (rare) flute; flaut.^[3][1]

Related words

• Latin flābrum

References

1. ^ a b c d e Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1935), Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, 3rd ed., Heidelberg: Winter, p. 3340a
3. ^ a b c d 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. flaur
4. ^ Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press