rezervare

Forms

rezervare f (plural rezervări)^[1]

Etymology

It is the long infinitive of rezerva, formed from Romanian rezerva + -re.^[1][2][3][4] The verb comes from French réserver, and Marcu & Maneca also name Latin reservō.^[4][5][6]

Earliest recorded meaning

The DLR's first examples are a German–Romanian dictionary by Alexi and a criminal code, which speaks of an agreement keeping ownership for the seller.^[7] MDA2's first record is Gala Galaction's articles, where the noun means “discretion, reserve”.^[4]

Semantic evolution

The noun names the act of reserving and its result, for example a booked seat or room.^[2][1] The sense “discretion, restraint”, found in Galaction's article on Vlahuță, is now expressed by rezervă.^[7][3]

Meanings

Noun

1. The act of reserving and its result; a reservation or booking.^[2][1]
2. (dated) discretion, restraint, reserve.^[3][4]

Related words

• rezervă

References

1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c DEX (2009), Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române [Explanatory dictionary of the Romanian language], Bucharest: Editura Univers Enciclopedic, p. 953
3. ^ a b c Marcu, Florin; Maneca, Constant (1986), Dicționar de neologisme, 3rd ed., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România, p. s.v. rezervare
4. ^ 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, 705
5. ^ Marcu, Florin; Maneca, Constant (1986), Dicționar de neologisme, 3rd ed., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România, p. s.v. rezerva
6. ^ Academia Română (1965–2010), Dicționarul limbii române (DLR), serie nouă, tom I–XIX, București: Editura Academiei Române, p. s.v. rezerva
7. ^ a b Academia Română (1965–2010), Dicționarul limbii române (DLR), serie nouă, tom I–XIX, București: Editura Academiei Române, p. s.v. rezervare