formular

Forms

formular n (plural formulare)^[1] Costinescu's dictionary of 1870 spells it Formularŭ, with the final ŭ of the time.^[2]

Etymology

It is borrowed from French formulaire.^{[3][4][5][1][6]} The DLRM and DN give the French word as a model rather than a direct source, and Scriban also connected it with the Romanian formulă.^[7][8][9]

Earliest recorded meaning

Costinescu's dictionary of 1870 defines it as a written model or rule for how something is to be done: how an authentic deed or a medical prescription is to be written.^[2] MDA2's first record is later, in Nicolae Iorga's history of 1905–1906.^[3]

Semantic evolution

The older sense was a collection of formulas, such as a pharmaceutical formulary, and a model for drawing up a statement or a financial table; Șăineanu, CADE and Scriban list both.^[10][11][9] In the dictionaries of the 1950s the main sense became a printed sheet with blank spaces to fill in for a document, and the collection of formulas moved to second place;^[12][4][13] NODEX labels it rare.^[12][4][13]

Timeline

• 1870 – Formularŭ, a model for writing a deed or a prescription, in Costinescu's dictionary.^[2]
• 1886 – Barcianu glosses it with German Formular.^[14]
• 1905–1906 – in Iorga's history, MDA2's first record.^[3]
• 1931 – CADE: a collection of formulas and a model for drawing up an act.^[11]

Meanings

Noun

1. A form: a printed sheet with blank spaces to be filled in to draw up a document, a table and the like.^[4][3][1]
2. A booklet or volume of the usual formulas of a branch of science; a formulary, a collection of formulas.^[4][3]

Related words

• formulă
• formula
• French formulaire

References

1. ^ a b c Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c Costinescu, Ion (1870), Vocabularu romano-francesu, 2 vols., Bucuresci, p. 1, 453
3. ^ 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, 931
4. ^ a b c d e DEX (2009), Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române [Explanatory dictionary of the Romanian language], Bucharest: Editura Univers Enciclopedic, p. 407
5. ^ Marcu, Florin (2000), Marele dicționar de neologisme, București: Saeculum Vizual, p. s.v. formular
6. ^ Wikționar (Romanian Wiktionary), ro.wiktionary.org
7. ^ Academia Republicii Populare Romîne (1958), Dicționarul limbii romîne moderne, București: Editura Academiei Republicii Populare Romîne, p. s.v. formular
8. ^ Marcu, Florin; Maneca, Constant (1986), Dicționar de neologisme, 3rd ed., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România, p. s.v. formular
9. ^ a b Scriban, August (1939), Dicționaru limbii românești (etimologii, înțelesuri, exemple, citațiuni, arhaizme, neologizme, provincializme), Iași: Presa Bună, p. 1, 521
10. ^ Șăineanu, Lazăr (1929), Dicționar universal al limbei române, 6th ed., Craiova: Scrisul Românesc, p. 1, 257
11. ^ a b Candrea, I.-A.; Adamescu, Gh. (1926–1931), Dicționarul enciclopedic ilustrat „Cartea Românească”, București: Cartea Românească, p. s.v. formular
12. ^ a b Macrea, Dimitrie; Petrovici, Emil (coord.) (1955–1957), Dicționarul limbii romîne literare contemporane, 4 vols., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Populare Romîne, p. 2, 318
13. ^ a b Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2002), Noul dicționar explicativ al limbii române, București: Litera Internațional, p. s.v. formular
14. ^ Barcianu, Sava Popovici (1886), Dicționar român-germân și germân-român, revised by D. P. Barcianu, part I: român-germân, Sibiu: Institut tipografic, p. 236