vinimeriu

Forms

vinimeriu n (uncountable)^[1]

Etymology

It is inherited from Latin vindēmiārius (“of the vintage”), from vindēmia (“grape harvest”), as MDA2, the DLR and Wiktionary give it.^[2][3][1] Ciorănescu, who lists it as a rare word under vin, says the Latin derivation is Bogrea's, proposed in the journal Dacoromania.^[4][3]

Earliest recorded meaning

The word is known from Marian's study of Romanian festivals, published from 1898, which lists the folk names of September, among them vinimeriu and vinițel, explaining them as “the month of wine”.^[2][3]

Semantic evolution

The word is a popular name of September, found beside răpciune and vinicer in the folk calendar.^[3][2] It is recorded by ethnographers and dictionaries rather than in literature.^[3]

Timeline

• 1898 – vinimeriu “September” in Marian's Sărbătorile la români, the first record.^[2][3]

Meanings

Noun

1. (popular) The month of September.^[2][3][1]

Related words

• vin
• vinicer

References

1. ^ a b c Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ 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, 1484
3. ^ a b c d e f g Academia Română (1965–2010), Dicționarul limbii române (DLR), serie nouă, tom I–XIX, București: Editura Academiei Române, p. s.v. vinimeriu
4. ^ 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. vin