pulover

Forms

pulover n (plural pulovere)^[1] DEX gives the variant pulovăr, and the DLR records regional plovăr and polovăr.^[2][3]

Etymology

It is borrowed from French pull-over, and at the same time borrowed from English pull-over: DEX, the DLR and Marcu name both, and MDA2 gives French first.^[2][3][4][5] Wiktionary takes it from French alone.^[1] The French word is itself a borrowing of 1925 from English, from the verb phrase to pull over (“to pull over the head”).^[6]

Earliest recorded meaning

The first record is in Camil Petrescu's plays, in a scene where someone unwraps a parcel with some waistcoats and an angora pullover.^[5][3] MDA2's year 1946 belongs to the first two volumes of the edition; the third, which it cites, appeared in 1947.^[5]

Semantic evolution

The word names a knitted garment without buttons that covers the upper body and is worn over a shirt or blouse; by extension it can mean a knitted jacket.^[2][5]

Timeline

• 1925 – French borrows pull-over from English.^[6]
• 1947 – first Romanian record, in Camil Petrescu's Teatru.^[5][3]
• 1955 – the DLRLC defines it with a quotation from Camil Petrescu.^[7]

Meanings

Noun

1. A pullover, sweater: a knitted garment, usually without buttons, covering the upper body and worn over a shirt or blouse.^[2][1]
2. (by extension) A knitted jacket.^[5]

Related words

• jerseu

References

1. ^ a b c 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. 896
3. ^ a b c d Academia Română (1965–2010), Dicționarul limbii române (DLR), serie nouă, tom I–XIX, București: Editura Academiei Române, p. s.v. pulover
4. ^ Marcu, Florin (2000), Marele dicționar de neologisme, București: Saeculum Vizual, p. s.v. pulover
5. ^ 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, 594
6. ^ a b Rey, Alain, ed. (1992), Dictionnaire historique de la langue française, Paris: Le Robert
7. ^ Macrea, Dimitrie; Petrovici, Emil (coord.) (1955–1957), Dicționarul limbii romîne literare contemporane, 4 vols., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Populare Romîne, p. 3, 622