Etymologically

Etymology and origin of the Romanian word păduros

Confidence
Probable
Formation
Derivation
First attested
1645 the Romanian translation of Herodotus More words from the 17th century
Ultimate origins
Latin padulisRomanian -os
Etymology tree
inherited borrowed derived
Romanian pădure
Romanian păduros

Pronunciation

  • /pə.duˈros/[1]

Forms

păduros m or n (feminine singular păduroasă, masculine plural păduroși, feminine/neuter plural păduroase)[1]

Etymology

It is formed from Romanian pădure + -os.[2][3][4][5][1] Candrea and Densusianu and the REW derive it instead from Latin palūdōsus (“marshy”) through a form *padulosus, comparing Tuscan paduloso;[6][7][8] Tiktin allows this as possible.[6][7][8] It is also found south of the Danube: Aromanian pãduros “wooded”.[9][1]

Earliest recorded meaning

The first record is the Romanian translation of Herodotus of 1645: „Țara lor iaste toată păduroasă” “their whole country is wooded”.[4][3][8]

Semantic evolution

The adjective is used of land, hills and mountains covered with forest or rich in forests, a synonym of împădurit.[2][3][4] Scriban also gives the formation păduratic.[5]

Timeline

  • 1645 – the Romanian translation of Herodotus.[4][3]
  • 1886 – Barcianu glosses it German waldig.[10]

Meanings

Adjective

  1. Of regions, hills or mountains: covered with forests, wooded.[2][3][1]
  2. Rich in forests.[3][11]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e 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. 786
  3. ^ a b c d e f Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2010), Micul dicționar academic, 2nd ed., 4 vols., București: Univers Enciclopedic Gold, p. 2, 292
  4. ^ a b c d Academia Română (1965–2010), Dicționarul limbii române (DLR), serie nouă, tom I–XIX, București: Editura Academiei Române, p. s.v. păduros
  5. ^ a b Scriban, August (1939), Dicționaru limbii românești (etimologii, înțelesuri, exemple, citațiuni, arhaizme, neologizme, provincializme), Iași: Presa Bună, p. 1, 947
  6. ^ a b Candrea, I.-A.; Densusianu, Ov. (1907–1914), Dicționarul etimologic al limbii române: elementele latine (A–Putea), București, p. s.v. păduros
  7. ^ a b Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1935), Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, 3rd ed., Heidelberg: Winter, p. 6179
  8. ^ 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. păduros
  9. ^ Papahagi, Tache (1963), Dicționarul dialectului aromân, general și etimologic, București: Editura Academiei Republicii Populare Romîne, p. 822
  10. ^ Barcianu, Sava Popovici (1886), Dicționar român-germân și germân-român, revised by D. P. Barcianu, part I: român-germân, Sibiu: Institut tipografic, p. 449
  11. ^ Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2002), Noul dicționar explicativ al limbii române, București: Litera Internațional, p. s.v. păduros
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“Păduros.” Etymologically, 12 Nov. 2026, etymologically.com/ro/p%C4%83duros. Accessed 12 Nov. 2026.

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