valiză

Forms

valiză f (plural valize)^[1]

Etymology

It is borrowed from French valise.^[2][3][4][1] French had it in 1558 from valigia, a word of uncertain origin, with Medieval Latin valisia recorded from the 13th century.^[5][6] Arabic وَلِيهَة (walīha, “sack of grain”) and a Gaulish root have been proposed as its source.^[5][1]

The Aromanian form is valiță, which Ciorănescu and Pascu take through Modern Greek βαλίτσα (valítsa).^[2][7][8]

Earliest recorded meaning

Tiktin and MDA2 date it to Russo's writings, where a correspondence was found in the writer's suitcase;^[9][3][10] Tiktin gives the year 1846.^[9][3][10]

Semantic evolution

Alecsandri wrote of walking the town with the suitcase on his back, and Caragiale of packing it in haste for the station.^[10] Scriban still marked the word a barbarism for the older geamantan.^[6] Later came the term valiză diplomatică “diplomatic bag” and idioms: a-și face valiza “to pack up and leave” and the colloquial a-și da foc la valiză “to ruin one's own position”, quoted in the press from 1992.^[4][11][12]

Timeline

• 1846 – in Russo, the first record.^[9]
• 1939 – Scriban calls it a barbarism.^[6]
• 1992 – și-a dat foc la valiză in the press.^[12]

Meanings

Noun

1. A suitcase; a large bag for luggage.^[4][3]
2. valiză diplomatică: a diplomatic bag, carrying official papers to another country free of customs control.^[4]

Related words

• geamantan

Usage notes

A separate regional valiză, in Moldavia, is a chisel used at the lathe, from German Balleisen.^[3][10] The Academy dictionary records it from the Romanian linguistic atlas.^[10]

References

1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b 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. valiză
3. ^ a b c d e Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2010), Micul dicționar academic, 2nd ed., 4 vols., București: Univers Enciclopedic Gold, p. 2, 1409
4. ^ a b c d DEX (2009), Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române [Explanatory dictionary of the Romanian language], Bucharest: Editura Univers Enciclopedic, p. 1181
5. ^ a b Rey, Alain, ed. (1992), Dictionnaire historique de la langue française, Paris: Le Robert, p. s.v. valise
6. ^ a b c Scriban, August (1939), Dicționaru limbii românești (etimologii, înțelesuri, exemple, citațiuni, arhaizme, neologizme, provincializme), Iași: Presa Bună, p. 1390
7. ^ Pascu, Giorge (1925), Dictionnaire étymologique macédoroumain, 2 vols. (I: Les éléments latins et romans; II: Les éléments grecs, turcs, slaves, albanais, germaniques, magyars, néologismes, créations immédiates, obscurs), Iași: Cultura Națională, p. 1, 231
8. ^ Papahagi, Tache (1963), Dicționarul dialectului aromân, general și etimologic, București: Editura Academiei Republicii Populare Romîne, p. 1099
9. ^ a b c Tiktin, Hariton (2000–2005), Rumänisch-deutsches Wörterbuch, 3rd ed., revised by Paul Miron and Elsa Lüder, 3 vols., Cluj-Napoca: Clusium, p. s.v. valíză
10. ^ a b c d e Academia Română (1965–2010), Dicționarul limbii române (DLR), serie nouă, tom I–XIX, București: Editura Academiei Române, p. s.v. valiză
11. ^ Dima, Eugenia (coord.) (2007), Dicționar explicativ ilustrat al limbii române, Chișinău: Arc / Gunivas, p. s.v. valiză
12. ^ a b Dimitrescu, Florica (1997), Dicționar de cuvinte recente, 2nd ed., București: Logos (with the 3rd ed., 2013, in CLRE), p. s.v. valiză