livrare

Forms

livrare f (plural livrări)^[1]

Etymology

It is formed from Romanian livra + -re, the long infinitive of the verb used as a noun.^[1][2][3] Livra “to deliver goods” is from French livrer and is recorded from 1873, in Barițiu, spelled ⟨lifra⟩.^[2][4][5]

Earliest recorded meaning

MDA2's first record is a collection of the laws of the planned economy, published in 1949, where the word means supplying goods.^[6]

Semantic evolution

The word is a commercial term for the handing over of goods under an agreement; the DLR quotes it from Călinescu and Vornic, often in the plural livrări “deliveries”.^[3][7]

Timeline

• 1873 – the verb livra, as lifra, in Barițiu.^[4]
• 1949 – livrare in a collection of economic legislation, the first record.^[6]
• 1955–1957 – defined in the DLRLC.^[7]

Meanings

Noun

1. delivery: the act of delivering goods or services and its result; furnizare, predare.^[2][6][1]

Related words

• livra
• French livrer

References

1. ^ a b c Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c DEX (2009), Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române [Explanatory dictionary of the Romanian language], Bucharest: Editura Univers Enciclopedic, p. 597
3. ^ a b Academia Română (1965–2010), Dicționarul limbii române (DLR), serie nouă, tom I–XIX, București: Editura Academiei Române, p. s.v. livrare
4. ^ a b Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2010), Micul dicționar academic, 2nd ed., 4 vols., București: Univers Enciclopedic Gold, p. 1, 1381
5. ^ Academia Română (1965–2010), Dicționarul limbii române (DLR), serie nouă, tom I–XIX, București: Editura Academiei Române, p. s.v. livra
6. ^ a b c Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2010), Micul dicționar academic, 2nd ed., 4 vols., București: Univers Enciclopedic Gold, p. 1, 1382
7. ^ a b Macrea, Dimitrie; Petrovici, Emil (coord.) (1955–1957), Dicționarul limbii romîne literare contemporane, 4 vols., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Populare Romîne, p. 2, 772