prepinge

Forms

prepinge (first-person singular present preping, past participle prepins) 3rd conjugation^[1][2]

Etymology

It is probably inherited from Latin perpendō (“to weigh carefully”), as Ciorănescu holds after Densusianu and Bogrea.^[1] Wiktionary also takes it from the Latin verb.^[2] The Latin verb is formed with per- on pendō (“to weigh”), and could mean “to poise or balance carefully”.^[3]

The DLR calls the etymology unknown, and MDA2 too gives none.^[4][5] Ciorănescu notes that it is a rare word of Oltenia.^[1]

Earliest recorded meaning

MDA2's first record is Scriban's dictionary of 1939.^[5] The DLR quotes a passive use from a division of land: „S-a prepins de la fiecare lot câte un stânjen” “one fathom was taken from each plot” so that one man would get his ten acres.^[4]

Timeline

• 1939 – first record, in Scriban's dictionary.^[5][4]

Meanings

Verb

1. (regional, Muntenia, Oltenia) To take a small part of a whole and move it elsewhere, so as to even out, balance or compensate.^[4][6][2]
2. (regional) To balance a whole; to make a counterweight.^[5][1]

References

1. ^ a b c d 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. prepinge
2. ^ a b c Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
3. ^ Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
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. prepinge
5. ^ 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, 522
6. ^ Bulgăr, Gheorghe; Constantinescu-Dobridor, Gheorghe (2002), Dicționar de arhaisme și regionalisme, 2 vols., București: Saeculum Vizual, p. s.v. prepinge