intrus

Forms

intrus m (plural intruși)^[1]

Etymology

It is borrowed from French intrus.^[2][3][4][1] Some dictionaries also name Latin intrūsus (“thrust in”) as a model.^[5][6][7] The French word was borrowed about 1380 from Medieval Latin intrūsus, a term of church law, the past participle of intrūdō, shortened from Latin introtrūdō (“to thrust in by force”), a compound of intrō (“inside”) and trūdō (“to push”).^[8] The DA explains it as the participle of French intrure.^[4]

Earliest recorded meaning

CADE (1931) defines intrus as one brought in unjustly, come without reason, uninvited.^[9] The DA quotes Octavian Goga on the sudden enrichment of the intruși.^[4] MDA2's first record is Călinescu's Enigma Otiliei, in the 1946 edition.^[3]

Semantic evolution

The DA defines the word as someone brought in or come unjustly, by force or without legal title, especially into a country, a society or an office, and compares venetic.^[4] This matches the first use of the French word, for someone who took a church office illegally.^[8] The modern dictionaries define it more generally as a person who comes in somewhere uninvited and unwanted.^[2][3] MDA2 also has the extended senses “uncalled-for” and “unwanted”, and the word is used as an adjective.^[3][2] The DA records the abstract intruziune, after French intrusion, in Iorga.^[4]

Timeline

• 1931 – defined in the CADE dictionary.^[9]
• 1946 – MDA2's first record, the edition of Călinescu's Enigma Otiliei.^[3]

Meanings

Noun

1. An intruder: a person who comes in somewhere, or to someone, without right, without being called or wanted.^[2][3]

Adjective

1. intrusive, uninvited; nepoftit.^[2][3]

Related words

• intruziune
• French intrus

References

1. ^ a b Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e DEX (2009), Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române [Explanatory dictionary of the Romanian language], Bucharest: Editura Univers Enciclopedic, p. 520
3. ^ 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, 1156
4. ^ a b c d e 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. intrus
5. ^ Marcu, Florin; Maneca, Constant (1986), Dicționar de neologisme, 3rd ed., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România, p. s.v. intrus
6. ^ Marcu, Florin (2000), Marele dicționar de neologisme, București: Saeculum Vizual, p. s.v. intrus
7. ^ Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2002), Noul dicționar explicativ al limbii române, București: Litera Internațional, p. s.v. intrus
8. ^ a b Rey, Alain, ed. (1992), Dictionnaire historique de la langue française, Paris: Le Robert
9. ^ a b Candrea, I.-A.; Adamescu, Gh. (1926–1931), Dicționarul enciclopedic ilustrat „Cartea Românească”, București: Cartea Românească, p. s.v. intrus