AD 1–100

Romanian words from Latin words first recorded in the 1st century

16 Romanian words inherited from a Latin word whose earliest known written record dates from the 1st century, earliest Latin record first.

mucoare
1–99

from Latin mucor

It is inherited from Latin mucor (“mould, mustiness”), continued from its accusative mūcōrem. The Latin noun is formed on mūceō (“to be mouldy”) with the suffix -or. Candrea and Densusianu record…
ghindură
14–37

from Latin glandula

It is inherited from Latin glandula (“gland, tonsil”), a diminutive formed on glāns (“acorn”). Intervocalic /l/ became /r/, as the Lexicon de la Buda already noted. The word survives south of the…
nuia
23–79

from Latin novella

It is inherited from Latin novella, the neuter plural of novellus (“young, new”), taken as a feminine singular. Candrea and Densusianu point to the classical plural novellae “young trees, vine…
pepene
23–79

from Latin pepo

It is inherited from Latin pepo (“a kind of large melon”), through a stem in ⟨-in-⟩, Vulgar Latin *pepinem, instead of the classical stem in ⟨-ōn-⟩. REW lists such a form among the Latin glosses…
piersică
23–79

from Latin persica

It is inherited from Late Latin persica, the plural (later feminine) of persicum (“peach”), short for a phrase meaning “Persian apples”; the adjective is Persicus (“Persian”). Ciorănescu instead…
spate
25–35

from Latin spatha

It is inherited from Latin spatha (“broad blade, sword”), through its plural spathae. It began as the plural of spată “shoulder blade”, used as a singular for the back: Șăineanu called it the plural…
legământ
35–96

from Latin ligamentum

It is inherited from Latin ligāmentum (“band, bandage”), the view of Pușcariu, Candrea–Densusianu, the DA, DEX and MDA2. Ciorănescu, and the REW as a second possibility, take it instead as a…
îniepta
39–65

from Latin iniecto

It is inherited from Latin iniectō (“to lay on, throw in”), the frequentative of iniciō formed on its past participle iniectus. Candrea and Densusianu and the DA took this view, and Ciorănescu…
bucea
40–103

from Latin buccella

It is inherited from Latin buccella (“little mouth; small mouthful”), a diminutive of bucca (“mouth; cheek”), the source of bucă. In Latin the word meant a small mouthful or a small loaf. Its…
paraulă
40–65

from Latin parabola

Its origin is unknown to DLR and MDA2. Wiktionary takes it as probably inherited from Latin parabola (“comparison; word”), which is from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ), and compares Italian…
galben
60–66

from Latin galbinus

It is inherited from Latin galbinus (“greenish-yellow”). The Latin word is first found in imperial authors such as Petronius and Martial, of greenish-yellow clothes, and not in Republican Latin. Its…
cățea
66

from Latin catella

It is inherited from Latin catella (“little bitch”), the feminine of catellus (“puppy”). The word survives south of the Danube: Aromanian cãtsauã and Megleno-Romanian cățăuă. Portuguese cadela has…
făptură
77

from Latin factura

It is inherited from Latin factūra (“a making; form, shape”), of the family of faciō (“to make, to do”). Aromanian fãpturã (“creature”) is the same word. Albanian fytyrë (“face”) is compared with…
linte
77

from Latin lens

It is inherited from Latin lēns (“lentil”), continuing its accusative form ⟨lentem⟩. The word survives south of the Danube: Aromanian linti and Megleno-Romanian linti. Its Romance cognates are…
săpun
77

from Latin sapo

It is most likely inherited from Latin sāpō (“soap”), as Pușcariu, the REW, MDA2, the DLR and Ciorănescu take it. Other routes have been proposed: Densusianu took it from Old Church Slavonic сапѹнъ…
uni
77

from Latin unio

It is inherited from Latin ūniō (“to unite”) according to Pușcariu, DEX, MDA2 and DLR. The Latin verb, rare and late, was formed on ūnus (“one”). DEX also names the inchoative *ūnēscō, and…

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