furnizor

Forms

furnizor m (plural furnizori)^[1] The older spelling is furnisor.^[2]

Etymology

It is borrowed from French fournisseur (“supplier”).^[3][2][4][1] The DLRM says it was formed after the French word.^[5] The French noun is formed on ⟨fourniss-⟩, the stem of the present participle of fournir (“to supply”), with -eur.^[1]

Earliest recorded meaning

MDA2's first record is in the Monitorul oficial of 1906, in the sense “someone who supplies goods”.^[2]

Semantic evolution

The word names a person or, later, a firm that supplies materials; it is also used as an adjective, as in întreprindere furnizoare “supplying enterprise”.^[6][3] The verb furniza “to supply” is recorded later, from 1949, and MDA2 derives it from the noun, comparing French fournir.^[2]

Timeline

• 1906 – first record, in the Monitorul oficial.^[2]
• 1949 – the verb furniza “to supply”, in Ion Pas.^[2]

Meanings

Noun

1. A supplier or provider: a person or a company that supplies goods or materials.^[3][2]
2. (as an adjective) Supplying: firmă furnizoare “supplier company”.^[6]

Word family

• furniza

Related words

• French fournir

References

1. ^ a b c Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e f g Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2010), Micul dicționar academic, 2nd ed., 4 vols., București: Univers Enciclopedic Gold, p. 1, 956
3. ^ a b c DEX (2009), Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române [Explanatory dictionary of the Romanian language], Bucharest: Editura Univers Enciclopedic, p. 421
4. ^ Marcu, Florin (2000), Marele dicționar de neologisme, București: Saeculum Vizual, p. s.v. furnizor
5. ^ Academia Republicii Populare Romîne (1958), Dicționarul limbii romîne moderne, București: Editura Academiei Republicii Populare Romîne, p. s.v. furnizor
6. ^ a b Macrea, Dimitrie; Petrovici, Emil (coord.) (1955–1957), Dicționarul limbii romîne literare contemporane, 4 vols., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Populare Romîne, p. 2, 347