1000s

Romanian words first recorded in the 11th century

1 Romanian word whose earliest known written record dates from the 11th century, earliest first. Words dated only to part of the century follow the ones with a year.

1. cald

   1038

   It is inherited from Latin caldus (“warm, hot”), the shortened form of calidus, an adjective of the family of caleō (“to be warm”). The word survives in all four branches: Aromanian caldu…

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