nazist

Forms

nazist m (plural naziști)^[1]

Etymology

Most dictionaries derive it from nazism with the suffix -ist: from Romanian nazism + -ist.^{[2][3][4][5][1]} The neologism dictionaries instead take it as borrowed from French naziste.^[6][7] The DLR compares French nazi, and DN notes the abbreviation German Nazi, from Nationalsozialismus (“National Socialism”).^[5][6] The Romanian noun in -ism is itself from nazisme and German Nazismus.^[2]

Earliest recorded meaning

MDA2 and the DLR quote it first from Zaharia Stancu's novel Rădăcinile sînt amare (1958–1959), as an adjective: the diplomacy of “Nazi Germany”, Germaniei naziste.^[3][5]

Semantic evolution

It is both an adjective, “belonging to or concerning Nazism”, and a noun for a follower of Nazism or a member of the German National Socialist party.^[2][3] A rare variant națist is recorded in a philological bulletin.^[5][3]

Timeline

• 1958 – first record, the adjective in Stancu's Rădăcinile sînt amare.^[3][5]
• 1986 – DN derives it from French naziste.^[6]

Meanings

Adjective

1. Belonging to or concerning nazism; Nazi.^[2][3][4]

Noun

1. A follower of Nazism, or a member of the German National Socialist party founded by Hitler; a Nazi.^[2][3][1]

Related words

• nazism
• French naziste
• German Nazi

References

1. ^ a b c 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. 692
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. 2, 101
4. ^ a b Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2002), Noul dicționar explicativ al limbii române, București: Litera Internațional
5. ^ a b c d e Academia Română (1965–2010), Dicționarul limbii române (DLR), serie nouă, tom I–XIX, București: Editura Academiei Române, p. s.v. nazist
6. ^ a b c Marcu, Florin; Maneca, Constant (1986), Dicționar de neologisme, 3rd ed., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România
7. ^ Marcu, Florin (2000), Marele dicționar de neologisme, București: Saeculum Vizual