mexican

Forms

mexican m or n (feminine singular mexicană, masculine plural mexicani, feminine/neuter plural mexicane)^[1]

Etymology

It is formed from Romanian Mexic + -an, from the name of Mexic.^[2][3][4][1] DEX and DILF compare French mexicain.^[2][5]

Earliest recorded meaning

MDA2 and the DLR date the first record to 1829, in the plural: „Vreți voi a fi robi mexicanilor?” “Do you want to be slaves of the Mexicans?”^[3][4]

Semantic evolution

The noun names a person from Mexico, and in the plural the Mexican people; the adjective describes what belongs to Mexico or its people.^[3][2] Damé recorded the word in 1893 with the French equivalent mexicain.^[6]

Timeline

• 1829 – first record, the plural mexicanilor.^[3][4]
• 1893 – in Damé's dictionary.^[6]

Meanings

Noun

1. A Mexican: a person of the population of Mexico or born there.^[2][1]

Adjective

1. Mexican: of Mexico or the Mexicans, or relating to them;^[2][1] muzică mexicană.^[2][1]

Related words

• Mexic

Usage notes

The feminine is mexicană, the plurals mexicani and mexicane.^[2][1]

References

1. ^ a b c d e f Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e f g DEX (2009), Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române [Explanatory dictionary of the Romanian language], Bucharest: Editura Univers Enciclopedic, p. 647
3. ^ a b c d Academia Română (1965–2010), Dicționarul limbii române (DLR), serie nouă, tom I–XIX, București: Editura Academiei Române, p. s.v. mexican
4. ^ 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, 1501
5. ^ Costăchescu, Adriana; Dincă, Daniela; Dragoste, Ramona; Popescu, Mihaela; Scurtu, Gabriela (2009–2010), Dicționar de împrumuturi lexicale din limba franceză (DILF), 2 vols., Craiova: Universitaria, p. s.v. mexican
6. ^ a b Damé, Frédéric (1893–1895), Nouveau dictionnaire roumain-français, 4 vols., Bucarest: Imprimerie de l'État, p. s.v. mexican