print

Forms

print n (plural printuri)^[1]

Etymology

It is borrowed from English print, a computing term.^[2][3][4][1] Dimitrescu's dictionary of recent words gives the English source after Stoichițoiu Ichim's study of 1998, MDN and DEX.^[4]

Earliest recorded meaning

Dimitrescu's first press quotation is from România literară of 14 November 2001: a computer print no longer has even the small personal note of a typescript.^[4]

Semantic evolution

The word first named the printing out of a document by a computer and the printed result.^[2][4] By 2009 the press also used it for a printed design on clothing, such as T-shirts with portraits.^[4] The verb is printa.^[4]

Timeline

• 2001 – printul de computer in România literară, the first press quotation.^[4]
• 2009 – printuri for printed designs on T-shirts in România liberă.^[4]
• 2009 – in DEX.^[2]

Meanings

Noun

1. (computing) A printout: the printing of a document or program from a computer.^[2][3]
2. (computing) A printed document or program.^[2]
3. A printed design or pattern, for example on a T-shirt.^[4]

Related words

• printa
• English print

References

1. ^ a b 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. 876
3. ^ a b Marcu, Florin (2000), Marele dicționar de neologisme, București: Saeculum Vizual, p. s.v. print
4. ^ a b c d e f g h i Dimitrescu, Florica (1997), Dicționar de cuvinte recente, 2nd ed., București: Logos (with the 3rd ed., 2013, in CLRE), p. s.v. print