nodos

Forms

nodos m or n (feminine singular nodoasă, masculine plural nodoși, feminine/neuter plural nodoase)^[1]

Etymology

It is formed from Romanian nod + -os “knot” with the adjective suffix, according to DEX, MDA2, the DLR and Tiktin.^[2][3][4][5] Marcu & Maneca compare Latin nōdōsus (“full of knots”), and Marcu derives the word directly from it.^[6][7] Ciorănescu lists it among the derivatives of the noun and compares Italian nodoso.^[8]

Earliest recorded meaning

The first record is the Romanian–Latin glossary Anonymus Caransebesiensis, dated about 1670 by Tiktin, in the sense “knotty”.^[5][3]

Semantic evolution

The old sense “knotty, full of knots” is now dated and regional, beside noduros.^[4][3] Budai-Deleanu's lexicon, Pontbriant and Barcianu record it, and Teaha's dialect collection has lemn nodos “knotty wood”.^[4] In modern use it survives in the medical term eritem nodos “erythema nodosum”.^[2][9]

Timeline

• c. 1670 – in the Anonymus Caransebesiensis glossary.^[5]
• 1875 – nodosu “knotty” in Antonescu's dictionary.^[10]

Meanings

Adjective

1. (dated, regional) knotty, covered with knots.^[3][6][1]
2. (medicine) in eritem nodos “erythema nodosum”: a symptom of several diseases, hard nodules or small blisters on the skin.^[2]

Related words

• nod
• noduros
• Latin nōdōsus

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. 719
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. 2, 162
4. ^ a b c Academia Română (1965–2010), Dicționarul limbii române (DLR), serie nouă, tom I–XIX, București: Editura Academiei Române, p. s.v. nodos
5. ^ a b c Tiktin, Hariton (2000–2005), Rumänisch-deutsches Wörterbuch, 3rd ed., revised by Paul Miron and Elsa Lüder, 3 vols., Cluj-Napoca: Clusium, p. s.v. nodos
6. ^ a b Marcu, Florin; Maneca, Constant (1986), Dicționar de neologisme, 3rd ed., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România, p. s.v. nodos
7. ^ Marcu, Florin (2000), Marele dicționar de neologisme, București: Saeculum Vizual, p. s.v. nodos
8. ^ Ciorănescu, Alexandru (1958–1966), Diccionario etimológico rumano, La Laguna: Universidad de La Laguna (Romanian ed.: Dicționarul etimologic al limbii române, București: Saeculum, 2001), p. s.v. nod
9. ^ Macrea, Dimitrie; Petrovici, Emil (coord.) (1955–1957), Dicționarul limbii romîne literare contemporane, 4 vols., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Populare Romîne, p. 3, 217
10. ^ Antonescu, G. M. (1875), Dictionariu romanu-francesu, Bucuresci: Typografia Curții (Lucrători Associați), p. 206