1200s

Romanian words first recorded in the 13th century

1 Romanian word whose earliest known written record dates from the 13th century, earliest first. Words dated only to part of the century follow the ones with a year.

1. apă

   1213

   It is inherited from Latin aqua (“water”), a word inherited by every Romance language. Latin /kʷ/ became /p/ before /a/, as in iapă from equa; Sardinian abba also has a labial. The Latin word comes…

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