interna

Forms

interna (third-person singular present internează, past participle internat), 1st conjugation^[1]

Etymology

It is borrowed from French interner, as DEX, MDA2 and the neologism dictionaries agree.^[2][3][4][1] Marcu and Maneca add Italian internare as a second model.^[5] The French verb is formed on interne (“internal”).^[1] The DA treats the verb with the adjective intern.^[6]

Earliest recorded meaning

Antonescu's dictionary of 1875 and Damé's of the 1890s record the verb only with French interner as the gloss.^[7][8] MDA2 dates it from the 1946 edition of Călinescu's novel Enigma Otiliei.^[3]

Semantic evolution

The first defined sense was to make someone stay in a set place he may not leave: Șăineanu in 1929 and CADE in 1931 give the internment of prisoners, and CADE also confinement in a madhouse.^[9][10] The hospital sense, to admit a patient for treatment, and the reflexive a se interna “to go into hospital” are in the DLRLC of the 1950s and are now the commonest use.^[11][2] The sense of placing a minor or a sick person in a specialised institution for supervision or re-education continues the older one.^[4][2]

Timeline

• 1875 – interna glossed with French interner in Antonescu.^[7]
• 1929 – Șăineanu: to oblige prisoners to stay in a set place.^[9]
• 1931 – CADE adds confinement in a madhouse.^[10]
• 1946 – the edition of Enigma Otiliei that MDA2 cites as the first record.^[3]
• 1955–1957 – the DLRLC puts the hospital sense first.^[11]

Meanings

Verb

1. To hospitalize: to admit a patient to a hospital for treatment; reflexive, to go into hospital.^[2][3]
2. To intern or confine: to keep someone shut in an asylum, a reformatory, a camp and the like, for supervision or re-education.^[2][12]

Related words

• intern
• French interner

Usage notes

The first person singular present is internez.^[2]

References

1. ^ a b c Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e f DEX (2009), Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române [Explanatory dictionary of the Romanian language], Bucharest: Editura Univers Enciclopedic, p. 516
3. ^ a b c d Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2010), Micul dicționar academic, 2nd ed., 4 vols., București: Univers Enciclopedic Gold, p. 1, 1150
4. ^ a b Marcu, Florin (2000), Marele dicționar de neologisme, București: Saeculum Vizual, p. s.v. interna
5. ^ Marcu, Florin; Maneca, Constant (1986), Dicționar de neologisme, 3rd ed., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România, p. s.v. interna
6. ^ Academia Română (1913–1949), Dicționarul limbii române (DA), ed. Sextil Pușcariu, tom I (A–B, C, D–De) and tom II (F–I, J–Lojniță), București: Socec / Universul / Monitorul Oficial și Imprimeriile Statului; page scans at cflr-scans.solirom.ro, p. s.v. interna
7. ^ a b Antonescu, G. M. (1875), Dictionariu romanu-francesu, Bucuresci: Typografia Curții (Lucrători Associați), p. 148
8. ^ Damé, Frédéric (1893–1895), Nouveau dictionnaire roumain-français, 4 vols., Bucarest: Imprimerie de l'État, p. s.v. interna
9. ^ a b Șăineanu, Lazăr (1929), Dicționar universal al limbei române, 6th ed., Craiova: Scrisul Românesc, p. 335
10. ^ a b Candrea, I.-A.; Adamescu, Gh. (1926–1931), Dicționarul enciclopedic ilustrat „Cartea Românească”, București: Cartea Românească, p. s.v. interna
11. ^ a b Macrea, Dimitrie; Petrovici, Emil (coord.) (1955–1957), Dicționarul limbii romîne literare contemporane, 4 vols., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Populare Romîne, p. 2, 532
12. ^ Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2002), Noul dicționar explicativ al limbii române, București: Litera Internațional, p. s.v. interna