piscină

Forms

piscină f (plural piscine)^[1]

Etymology

It is borrowed from French piscine.^[2][1] MDA2 and the DLR give Latin piscīna (“fishpond”) as a second source, and Scriban the Latin alone.^[3][4][5] The French word is a loan of about 1190 from the Latin, a derivative of piscis (“fish”).^[6][7]

Earliest recorded meaning

MDA2's first record is in the 1900 edition of Barcianu's Romanian–German dictionary.^[3] The DLR's first sense, and the first sense of the Latin word, is a pond for fish.^[4][7]

Semantic evolution

In French the word long meant only a basin of the Christian liturgy, and the sense “swimming pool” spread there in the 19th century.^[6] Romanian dictionaries of the early 20th century give both senses, a fish pond and a basin for swimming.^[8][5] The swimming pool is now the usual sense; by extension the word also names a sports complex with a pool.^[3][2]

Timeline

• 1900 – piscină in Barcianu's dictionary.^[3]
• 1929 – Șăineanu gives “fish pond” and “swimming basin”.^[8]

Meanings

Noun

1. A fish pond: a basin stocked with fish, for ornament or for breeding.^[2][3]
2. A swimming pool.^[2][3]
3. By extension, a sports complex with a swimming pool.^[3]

References

1. ^ a b Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d DEX (2009), Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române [Explanatory dictionary of the Romanian language], Bucharest: Editura Univers Enciclopedic, p. 822
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, 391
4. ^ a b Academia Română (1965–2010), Dicționarul limbii române (DLR), serie nouă, tom I–XIX, București: Editura Academiei Române, p. s.v. piscină
5. ^ a b Scriban, August (1939), Dicționaru limbii românești (etimologii, înțelesuri, exemple, citațiuni, arhaizme, neologizme, provincializme), Iași: Presa Bună, p. 982
6. ^ a b Rey, Alain, ed. (1992), Dictionnaire historique de la langue française, Paris: Le Robert
7. ^ a b Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
8. ^ a b Șăineanu, Lazăr (1929), Dicționar universal al limbei române, 6th ed., Craiova: Scrisul Românesc, p. 483