Romanian words first recorded in the 16th century

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *coctōrium (“place for baking”), formed on coctus (“cooked, baked”), the past participle of coquō (“to cook, bake”). The same Latin word lies behind Albanian…

It is inherited from Latin medullāris (“of the marrow”). Tiktin thinks the noun arose from os medullare (“marrow bone”), and points to a 9th-century glossary that explains medullarum as membrorum…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *serpes, a form built on the nominative of Latin serpēns (“snake”) in place of the classical oblique stem. The Latin noun is the present participle of serpō (“to…

It is from Romanian drag (“dear”) + -uț, a diminutive of the adjective. Ciorănescu lists it among the derivatives of drag, which he takes from Slavonic драгъ (dragŭ, “precious, dear”). Tiktin notes…

It is inherited from Latin lepus (“hare”), from its accusative ⟨leporem⟩. It survives in all four branches: Aromanian ljepure, Megleno-Romanian l'epuri and Istro-Romanian l'epur. Albanian borrowed…

It is inherited from Latin prĕbĭter, a popular variant of presbyter (“priest”), which is from Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (presbúteros, “elder”). Candrea and Densusianu explain the variant as a…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin cōda (“tail”), the popular form of Latin cauda. DER and DELR cite Pușcariu, Candrea–Densusianu and the REW for this etymon, which DELR calls pan-Romance. The DA…

It is formed from Romanian piatră + -os, as DEX, MDA2, the DLR and Tiktin give it. MDA2 and the DLR compare Latin petrōsus (“rocky”), and Pușcariu, Candrea and Densusianu and Ciorănescu allow that…

1. The word for the basket is borrowed from Old Church Slavonic кошь (košĭ, “basket”). The Old Church Slavonic word comes from Proto-Slavic *košь, continued in Bulgarian кош (koš), Slovak kôš and…

Most dictionaries trace it to the phrase inherited from Latin medius locus (“middle place”). Ciorănescu names Cipariu, Pușcariu, Candrea and Densusianu and the REW for this view, but he thinks the…

DER takes it as an expressive creation, like the similar cries of many languages, and says that a direct descent from Latin vae (“woe”) is not possible. Tiktin also calls it a widespread sound word…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *capitīna, a derivative of caput (“head”). DELR gives this as the main view, after Pușcariu, Candrea and Densusianu, the REW, the DA and the DEX, and compares…

It is inherited from Latin lātus (“wide, broad”). It survives in Aromanian lat. Its Romance cognates include Italian lato, French lé and Occitan lat. The Latin adjective had an older form stlātus…

1. The word for the shepherd is inherited from Latin pecorārius, recorded in Latin for a farmer of the public pastures and herds. The REW starts from a form with the sense “herdsman”. The Latin word…

It is inherited from Latin putridus (“rotten, decaying”), formed on putreō (“to be rotten”). Among the Romance languages only Romanian has kept the Latin adjective. South of the Danube it is…

It is inherited from Latin (cōnsōbrīnus) vērus (“true (cousin)”): the phrase meaning “first cousin” was shortened to its adjective. The full phrase survives as Aromanian cusurin ver, and…

It is inherited from Latin follis (“bellows; leather bag”). The word survives in all four branches: Aromanian foaie, Megleno-Romanian foale and Istro-Romanian foie. Its Romance cognates include…

It is inherited from Latin gallīna (“hen”). The Latin noun was formed on gallus (“rooster”) with the suffix -īna. The word survives in all four branches: Aromanian gãljinã, Megleno-Romanian găľină…

It is inherited from Latin masculus (“male”); Tiktin starts from porcus masculus (“male pig”). Ciorănescu cites Pușcariu (no. 1044), Candrea–Densusianu (no. 1049) and the REW. The Latin word is a…

It is inherited from Latin acus (“needle”). It survives in all four branches: Aromanian ac, Megleno-Romanian ac and Istro-Romanian åc. Its cognates are Dalmatian yuak, Italian ago, Sardinian agu and…

Its origin is disputed. Ciorănescu follows Pușcariu and the REW: it is inherited from Latin manuārius (“of the hand”), from manus (“hand”), and he compares the Romanian word for “handle”. DELR…

It is inherited from Latin capistrum (“halter, headstall”), a word that survives across the Romance languages. It survives in all four branches: Aromanian cãpestru, Megleno-Romanian căpestru and…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *clautoria, built on *clautus, a variant of *clavutus, and so going back to Latin clāvus (“nail”). DELR traces the form to *clāvātōria, from clāvō (“to nail”)…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *cībrum (“sieve”), a dissimilated form of Latin crībrum (“sieve”). Candrea and Densusianu found this form in a Latin glossary and think the dissimilation began in…

It is inherited from Latin fīlum (“thread”). De Vaan derives the Latin word from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰiH-(s-)lo- (“sinew, sinew thread”). The noun survives south of the Danube: Aromanian hir and…

It is borrowed from Old Church Slavonic вѣсть (věstĭ, “news, report”). The Slavonic word continues Proto-Slavic *věstь, formed with *-tь on the root of *věděti (“to know”). Ciorănescu compares…

It is inherited from Latin bōlētus (“mushroom”), probably through a form *bōlētis, closer to Ancient Greek βωλίτης (bōlítēs). The Latin word comes from the Greek one. Another explanation, given by…

It is inherited from Late Latin cuppa (“cup”), a late form of Latin cūpa (“tub, cask”) known only from glosses, which took the sense “cup, goblet” across the Romance languages. Its Romance relatives…

It is formed from Romanian păr + -os, from the noun for “hair”. Pușcariu, Candrea and Densusianu, and Șăineanu took it directly from Latin pilōsus (“hairy”), and Scriban and Wiktionary give both…

It is inherited from Latin secūris (“axe”), a noun related to secō (“to cut”). It survives in all four branches: Aromanian secure, Megleno-Romanian sicuri and Istro-Romanian secure. Its Romance…

The origin is disputed; DELR calls it uncertain. Cihac, the first edition of Tiktin and the CADE took it from Hungarian csokor or csukor (“bunch, bow, tassel”). Pușcariu and Drăganu argued the…

It is inherited from Latin gallīnāceus (“of hens”), the adjective of gallīna (“hen”), used with stercus (“dung”) or fimus (“manure”) understood. Ciorănescu follows Pușcariu, Densusianu, Candrea and…

The noun “young man” is inherited from Latin iuvenis (“young man; young”). Its use as an adjective “young” is newer: Ciorănescu calls it a neologism taken from French jeune, Tiktin says the sense…

It is inherited from Latin longus (“long”). Wiktionary takes the Latin word back to Proto-Indo-European *dl̥h₁gʰós (“long”). De Vaan reconstructs *dlongʰos for Latin and Germanic and notes that the…

It is inherited from Latin formīca (“ant”). Romanian has /n/ where Latin had /m/: Candrea and Densusianu explained this by the influence of the labial, but Ciorănescu takes the dialect forms with…

It is inherited from Latin glacia (“ice”), a by-form of glaciēs found in the Latin glossaries. Wiktionary reconstructs the spoken forms as Vulgar Latin *glacium and *glacia. The origin of the Latin…

It is inherited from Latin rapidus (“swift, tearing along”) and the adverb rapidē. The Latin adjective is formed from rapiō (“to snatch”). Istro-Romanian has răpede; Pușcariu records other words for…

It is inherited from Late Latin virdis (“green”), the syncopated popular form of viridis, listed in the Appendix Probi (no. 201). It survives in all four branches: Aromanian vearde, Megleno-Romanian…

It is inherited from Latin per (“through”), through the older form pre. MDA2, the DLR and DEX give Latin super (“over, above”) as well as ⟨per⟩, and Ciorănescu notes that the Romanian word has the…

It is inherited from Latin arēnōsus (“sandy”), according to the DA, Candrea and Densusianu, and MDA2. Tiktin and the DLRM derive it instead from Romanian arină + -os, from the old word for “sand”…

It is inherited from Late Latin padūlem (“swamp”), a form with metathesis of palūdem (“swamp, marsh”). The word survives south of the Danube: Aromanian pădure, and Megleno-Romanian păduri only in a…

It is inherited from Latin terra (“earth, dry land”). De Vaan traces the Latin word to Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“to dry out”), so that it first meant “dry land”. The southern branches have…

It is inherited from Latin cursūra (“running, a race”), formed in Latin from currō (“to run”). Scriban instead derives it in Romanian from curs, the old past participle of cure “to run, flow”, with…

It is inherited from Late Latin lactem (“milk”), the late accusative of Latin lac (“milk”). DEX, MDA2 and the DLR cite the classical noun with its genitive. The accusative form is attested as early…

It is formed from Romanian ceapă + -ar, from ceapă (“onion”) with the agent suffix, according to Ciorănescu, MDA2 and DELR. Pușcariu, Candrea–Densusianu and the REW take it instead straight from…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin dossum (“back”), the popular form of Latin dorsum (“back”). De Vaan explains the ⟨ss⟩ as a late assimilation of /rs/, and derives the Latin noun from a compound…

It is inherited from Late Latin facia, the popular form of Latin faciēs (“face, shape”). The Late Latin form is attested in Virgilius Grammaticus, around the 7th century. The Latin noun is formed on…

It is inherited from Latin famēs (“hunger”). The diphthong ⟨oa⟩ is unexpected, since Latin stressed /a/ normally stays /a/, and it has been much discussed. Tiktin and the DA explain the /o/ by the…

It is inherited from Late Latin galleta (“bucket”), a Late Latin word recorded in a glossary. Wiktionary takes it as a diminutive of a Vulgar Latin *galla (“vessel”), perhaps of Gaulish origin, but…

1. The word for the lion is borrowed from Latin leō (“lion”), according to Ciorănescu a learned loan, which he dates to the 17th century. Inheritance is hard on the sound: Latin short /e/ would have…

It is inherited from Latin mūcus (“mucus, snot”) or a variant of it, but the sources differ on the path. DEX takes the singular as remade from the plural muci, from the plural mucci of the variant…

It is inherited from Latin super (“over, above, on”). Pușcariu lists it as no. 1626 of the Latin element. The Latin preposition goes back to Proto-Indo-European *upér (“over, above”), the source…

The modern form is a singular taken from the plural ⟨țărmuri⟩ of the older țărmur. Its likely source is inherited from Latin termen (“boundary stone”). Tiktin compares the sense shift with margine…

Its origin is unknown. Ciorănescu sees an expressive word built on the syllables ⟨mama⟩ “food”, as P. Papahagi, Capidan and Graur did, comparing mamă and Aromanian mamă (“children's pap”); he thinks…

It is formed from Romanian moară + -ar. moară is from Latin mola (“millstone, mill”). Pușcariu and Candrea and Densusianu took it straight from Latin molārius (“of a mill”), and MDA2, Tiktin…

It is inherited from Latin adiūtōrium (“help, assistance”). DER cites Cipariu, Pușcariu, Candrea and Densusianu, the REW and Rosetti for this etymology, and treats the noun “help” and the noun…

The basic form is ⟨aimintre⟩, inherited from Latin aliā mente (“in another way”), the ablative of mēns (“mind”) used as in the adverbs of the other Romance languages. Ciorănescu and the DA note that…

It is formed from Romanian de + în, the two prepositions joined into one. Candrea and Densusianu give the same analysis, and Cihac traced the pair to Latin dē and in. Scriban also explains it as a…

It is inherited from Latin fraxinus (“ash tree”). It survives in all four branches: Aromanian frapsin, Megleno-Romanian frasin and Istro-Romanian frǫsir. Its Romance cognates include Italian…

It is inherited from Latin intelligō (“to understand”). The /ts/ comes from the old first person singular, stressed on its second syllable, where the Latin /t/ stood before an unstressed /e/; it…