Romanian words first recorded in the 15th century

It is inherited from Latin pācem (“peace”), the accusative of the Latin noun. Wiktionary takes the Latin word from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-; de Vaan reconstructs *peh₂ḱ- (“agreement”), the root…

It is borrowed from Hungarian pohár; DEX 2009, MDA2 and Wiktionary also name Serbo-Croatian pehar. Ciorănescu takes it from the South Slavic word of Serbian, Croatian and Slovene, after Miklosich…

It is inherited from Latin pānis (“bread”), continued in its accusative pānem. The Latin word may come from *peh₂- (“to feed, to graze”). De Vaan notes the usual link, through an older stem, with…

It is inherited from Latin palma (“palm of the hand”). Wiktionary traces the Latin word to Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂meh₂. It survives in all four branches: Aromanian palmã, Megleno-Romanian palmă…

It is inherited from Latin pavīmentum (“floor of beaten earth or stones”), probably through the popular form paumentum, which the grammarian Julian records. Pușcariu reconstructed the same form with…

It is probably inherited from Latin paene (“almost”) followed by ad (“to”), “almost to”. Ciorănescu, citing Cipariu, Pușcariu, Tiktin and the REW, accepts this source but finds the derivation…

1. The word for the stake is inherited from Latin pālus (“stake”). The Latin word comes from Proto-Italic *pākslos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-slos, a derivative of *peh₂ǵ- (“to attach, fix”)…

1. The word for the flame is borrowed from Old Church Slavonic пара (para, “steam, vapour, smoke”). The same noun means “steam” in Bulgarian па́ра (pára) and the other Slavic languages, and goes…

It is probably borrowed from Byzantine Greek παρεάω (pareáō, “to let pass, give up”), taken over through its future παρεάσω (pareásō). Ciorănescu follows Tiktin, Candrea and Pușcariu in this view…

It is inherited from Latin parēns (“parent, father”), continuing the accusative parentem. The Latin noun is an old participle of pariō (“to give birth to, beget”). The word survives in Aromanian…

It is inherited from Latin pars (“part, piece, share”), from its accusative partem. De Vaan follows Schrijver in taking the Latin noun from the stem of pariō (“to bring forth”), with an original…

It is inherited from Latin passer (“sparrow, small bird”), from the popular accusative ⟨passarem⟩ for classical ⟨passerem⟩. In Latin the word meant “sparrow” and also “bird”. Of the sister branches…

It is inherited from Latin pastiō (“pasturing; pasture”). The Latin noun is formed on pāscō (“to feed, to graze”), the source of Romanian paște. The word survives in Aromanian pãshuni and…

1. The word for the bed is borrowed from Modern Greek πάτος (pátos, “beaten path”) according to DEX, MDA2 and the DLR. Tiktin also calls this Greek source probable, noting that the later Greek word…

It is a compound from Romanian pe (“on”) + întru (“in, into”), as MDA2 analyses it. DEX and Wiktionary derive it from the older printru, which MDA2 and the DLR take from pre and the same second…

It is inherited from Latin pariēs (“wall”), from the popular accusative ⟨parētem⟩ for classical ⟨parietem⟩. Of the sister branches, the sources give Istro-Romanian parete. The Romance cognates are…

It is formed from Romanian pre + spre, with pre the old form of pe “on”. The old forms show the steps: prespre, then preste and pestre, and finally the modern form; the DLR explains the change by…

It is inherited from Latin piscis (“fish”), from the accusative piscem. The Latin word goes back to Proto-Indo-European *peysk- (“fish”). It survives in all four branches: Aromanian peaște…

It is inherited from Latin pedica (“fetter, snare”). The Latin noun is the feminine of an adjective formed from pēs (“foot”). It survives south of the Danube: Aromanian cheadicã (Ciorănescu writes…

It is inherited from Latin pellem (“skin, hide”), the accusative of the Latin noun, which lives on in nearly every Romance language. The Latin word goes back to Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to cover…

It is inherited from Latin perdō (“to destroy, ruin; to lose”). It was formed from per- (“through, thoroughly”) and dō (“to give, put”). The verb survives in all four branches: Aromanian cherdu…

It is inherited from Latin pereō (“to pass away, perish”). The Latin verb is formed from per- (“through”) and eō (“to go”). Ciorănescu notes that the word is in general use throughout the Romanian…

It is inherited from Latin pīnsō (“to pound, crush”), in its popular form pīsō, conjugated in the first conjugation. The Aromanian counterpart is chisedz. Its Romance cognates include French piser…

It is inherited from Latin plangō (“to strike; to beat one's breast, lament”). It survives in all four branches: Aromanian plângu, Megleno-Romanian plǫng and Istro-Romanian plấnže. Its Romance…

It is the long infinitive of plânge (“to weep”), formed from Romanian plânge + -re. The verb is inherited from Latin plangō (“to beat the breast, lament”).

It is borrowed from Old Church Slavonic плата (plata, “payment”), from Proto-Slavic *plata, as DEX, Wiktionary and Tiktin give it; Tiktin and Scriban compare Bulgarian плата (plata), Serbo-Croatian…

It is borrowed from Old Church Slavonic платити (platiti, “to pay”), from Proto-Slavic *platiti. Ciorănescu glosses the Slavonic verb “to settle (a debt)” and compares Russian платить (platitʹ). The…

It is inherited from Latin plicō (“to fold”). The word survives in Aromanian and Megleno-Romanian as Aromanian plec and Megleno-Romanian plec, both meaning “to bend” and “to leave”. Its Romance…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *plovia (“rain”), a popular form of Latin pluvia. The REW and Candrea and Densusianu start from a reduced form *ploia; Ciorănescu, following Pascu, holds that a…

It is inherited from Latin pōma (“fruits”), the plural of pōmum (“fruit”), taken as a feminine singular. Pușcariu set out this reading of the plural, and the REW lists the Romanian word under the…

It is inherited from Latin porca (“sow”), the feminine of porcus (“pig”). Pușcariu and the REW give the same etymon. The word survives in all four branches: Aromanian poarcã, Megleno-Romanian poarcă…

DEX, the DLR and MDA2 take it as a back-formation from Romanian pofti (“to desire”), and Wiktionary and Wikționar agree. The verb, old ⟨pohti⟩, is from Old Church Slavonic похътѣти (poxŭtěti)…

It is borrowed from Old Church Slavonic похотѣти (pohotěti, “to covet, to long for”), as DEX, Wiktionary and Wikționar state. MDA2 marks the Slavonic form as reconstructed, but the SJS records the…

It is inherited from Latin pōmus (“fruit tree”), which stood beside pōmum (“fruit”), the source of poamă. De Vaan explains the Latin word, with some doubt, as “what is taken off, picked”, from a…

It is inherited from Latin palumbus (“wood pigeon”). Candrea and Densusianu explain the initial ⟨po-⟩ for expected ⟨pă-⟩ by the unstressed vowel turning to /o/ after the labial. Wiktionary traces…

It is formed from Romanian potrivă + -i. The noun and adverb potrivă “match, equal; against”, with the old variant protivă, is from Old Church Slavonic противъ (protivŭ, “against”), or противо…

It is inherited from Latin praeda (“booty, plunder”). The Latin word comes from an older form with prae- and the root of prehendō (“to seize”). Wiktionary traces it to Proto-Indo-European *gʰed-. It…

It is inherited from Latin praedō (“to plunder”), according to DEX, MDA2, Tiktin, Candrea–Densusianu and the REW. Latin had this active form beside the usual deponent praedor. Wiktionary sets up…

It is borrowed from Old Church Slavonic прахъ (praxŭ, “dust”), which the older form prah still shows. The Slavonic word, in the Gospels and the Psalter for “dust, ash”, continues Proto-Slavic *pȏrxъ…

It is inherited from Latin pretium (“price, value; reward”). De Vaan traces the Latin word to *preti (“against”), with cognates such as Ancient Greek πρός (prós). Its Romance cognates include…

It is formed from Romanian pre- + vedea, “to see before”. DEX holds that the verb was modelled on French prévoir, and MDA2 says it was partly calqued on the French verb. Tiktin limits the French…

It is inherited from Latin pervincō (“to win a complete victory over”), formed with per- on vincō (“to conquer”). Ciorănescu compares învinge, the common verb from the simple Latin verb.

It is inherited from Latin percipiō (“to take in, perceive, understand”). Candrea and Densusianu derive the old form precepe directly from the Latin verb, and the modern form from it by…

It is inherited from Late Latin prīma vēra (“early spring”), a Late Latin feminine noun made from the plural of prīmum vēr, literally “first spring”, and recorded in Late Latin glosses. Its parts…

It is formed from Romanian pre + în. Pușcariu gave two explanations: Latin per (“through”) + in (“in”), or a Romanian formation from the prepositions above. Candrea–Densusianu and Șăineanu derive it…

It is inherited from Latin prēndō (“to take, seize”), the contracted form of prehendō. Candrea and Densusianu note that the contraction is early, and that the ⟨n⟩ before ⟨s⟩ of the past tense and…

It is probably borrowed from Old Church Slavonic правити (praviti, “to direct, govern”), as MDA2 and DLR state and DEX suggests. Wiktionary takes the same view, starting from the older form prăvi…

Its origin is uncertain; DEX calls it unknown. The view most dictionaries follow is Pușcariu's: inherited from Vulgar Latin *puerunculus (“little boy”), a diminutive of puer (“boy, child”), from…

It is the feminine of the adjective, from Romanian pucioasă (“stinking”), used as a noun. Ciorănescu explains it as short for a phrase with piatră (“stone”), literally “stinking stone”, the old name…

It is formed from Romanian puți (“to stink”) + -os. Tiktin compares the formation of cuvios and sperios from cuveni and speria. Ciorănescu also derives it from the verb, probably in place of an…

It is inherited from Latin pōnō (“to put, place”). The Latin verb goes back to Proto-Italic *posinō, a compound of a prefix *po- and the verb that gave sinō (“to let”). The word survives in all four…

It is inherited from Latin prōcēdō (“to go forward, advance”). Ciorănescu also cites Pușcariu and the REW, and notes after Rosetti that of the Romance languages only Romanian kept the verb. The…

It is inherited from Latin portō (“to carry, bring”). De Vaan derives the Latin verb from a noun meaning “passage, crossing” or a participle “passed, crossed”, from the root of *per- (“to go…

Its origin is unknown. The Academy's dictionaries take it as probably inherited from Latin pūrus (“pure, clean”), an etymology Pușcariu proposed and the REW accepted with a question mark. Tiktin…

It is borrowed from Old Church Slavonic поустꙑни (pustyni, “desert, wilderness”), the Old Church Slavonic noun, with Bulgarian пустиня (pustinja) named beside it by MDA2, the DLR and Tiktin…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *potēre (“to be able”), the popular form that replaced classical posse by analogy. The verb survives in all four branches of Romanian: Aromanian pot…

It is the long infinitive of putea, formed from Romanian putea + -re. The verb is from Vulgar Latin *potēre, the analogical form that replaced Latin possum (“to be able”) in spoken Latin. The verb…

It is probably inherited from Vulgar Latin *putīnus (“small”), a form Wiktionary explains as a blend or alteration of Latin pisinnus (“tiny; a little child”) and pitinnus with putillus and pusillus…

It is formed from Romanian rămas + -iță, from rămas, the participle of rămâne “to remain”. Pușcariu proposed instead Vulgar Latin *remansicia, from remaneō (“to remain”), and compared Italian…

It is borrowed from Old Church Slavonic рана (rana, “wound, blow”), from Proto-Slavic *rana. The word is common to the Slavic languages: Bulgarian рана (rana), Serbo-Croatian rana and Russian рана…