reporter

Forms

reporter m (plural reporteri)^[1]

Etymology

It is borrowed from French reporter.^[2][3][4][1] DEX and MDN name German Reporter and English reporter as further sources, an instance of multiple etymology.^[5][6][7] The French noun is itself borrowed from English, where it is the agent noun of report.^[8] Graur lists it in the family of Latin portō (“to carry”), beside Romanian raport and purta.^[9]

Earliest recorded meaning

The first record is in Ion Ghica's letters to Alecsandri, in the 1887 edition: speaking of an earlier time, Ghica writes „nu erau jurnale, nici reporteri” “there were no newspapers and no reporters”.^[3][2]

Semantic evolution

Șăineanu and Scriban defined it as a journalist who gathers the news of the day.^[10][8] The phrase reporter cinematografic “newsreel cameraman” followed, and with radio and television the sense widened to anyone who collects news on the spot for the press or broadcasting.^[2][6] The press of the 1960s and 1970s formed compounds such as reporter-fotograf and reporter-operator.^[11] The feminine reporteră is now standard beside the masculine.^[5]

Timeline

• 1887 – reporteri in Ion Ghica's letters, the first record.^[3][2]
• 1929 – Șăineanu's dictionary defines the word.^[10]
• 1975 – reporter-fotograf “photojournalist”.^[11]

Meanings

Noun

1. A reporter: a person who gathers news and information on the spot and passes it on to a newspaper, radio or television; an author of reportages.^[5][3]
2. reporter cinematografic: a cameraman who films newsreels or documentaries.^[5][4]

Related words

• reportaj
• raport

Usage notes

The stress is usually on the second syllable, repórter;^[5][12] reportér also occurs.^[5][12]

References

1. ^ a b Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d Academia Română (1965–2010), Dicționarul limbii române (DLR), serie nouă, tom I–XIX, București: Editura Academiei Române, p. s.v. reporter
3. ^ 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, 692
4. ^ a b Marcu, Florin; Maneca, Constant (1986), Dicționar de neologisme, 3rd ed., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România, p. s.v. reporter
5. ^ a b c d e f DEX (2009), Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române [Explanatory dictionary of the Romanian language], Bucharest: Editura Univers Enciclopedic, p. 944
6. ^ a b Marcu, Florin (2000), Marele dicționar de neologisme, București: Saeculum Vizual, p. s.v. reporter
7. ^ Costăchescu, Adriana; Dincă, Daniela; Dragoste, Ramona; Popescu, Mihaela; Scurtu, Gabriela (2009–2010), Dicționar de împrumuturi lexicale din limba franceză (DILF), 2 vols., Craiova: Universitaria, p. s.v. reporter
8. ^ a b Scriban, August (1939), Dicționaru limbii românești (etimologii, înțelesuri, exemple, citațiuni, arhaizme, neologizme, provincializme), Iași: Presa Bună, p. 1118
9. ^ Graur, Alexandru (1980), Cuvinte înrudite, București: Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică, p. 74
10. ^ a b Șăineanu, Lazăr (1929), Dicționar universal al limbei române, 6th ed., Craiova: Scrisul Românesc, p. 545
11. ^ a b Dimitrescu, Florica (1997), Dicționar de cuvinte recente, 2nd ed., București: Logos (with the 3rd ed., 2013, in CLRE), p. s.v. reporter
12. ^ a b Macrea, Dimitrie; Petrovici, Emil (coord.) (1955–1957), Dicționarul limbii romîne literare contemporane, 4 vols., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Populare Romîne, p. 3, 727