Romanian words first recorded in the 16th century

It is inherited from Late Latin excurtō (“to shorten”), a late and popular Latin verb. The Latin verb is formed from ex- and curtō (“to shorten”) and occurs in the Lex Salica and the Lex…

It is borrowed from Hungarian szám (“number, count”). Tamás reviews the history of the question: Miklosich already took it as Hungarian, others thought of a Russian or even an Ancient Greek source…

It is formed from Romanian semn + -a, the noun “sign”, which is inherited from signum. The old verb meant “to mark, to brand, to seal”; the modern sense “to sign one's name” is modelled on French…

It is inherited from Latin servō (“to watch, keep, observe”), with the Latin sense “to observe” narrowed to keeping a holy day. Its Romance cognates are Italian serbare “to keep, store”, Sardinian…

It is inherited from Latin sentiō (“to feel, perceive”). The Latin verb comes from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to feel”). De Vaan relates it to Lithuanian sintėti (“to think”) and to Germanic and…

It is borrowed from Old Church Slavonic слабъ (slabŭ, “weak”). Ciorănescu follows Miklosich and Cihac and compares Bulgarian слаб (slab), Serbo-Croatian slȁb and Czech slabý. The Old Church Slavonic…

According to DEX, MDA2 and the Academy dictionary it is probably inherited from Vulgar Latin *supercina, a blend of Latin supercilia (“eyebrows”) and gena (“cheek, eyelid”), the source of geană…

It is inherited from Latin sūgō (“to suck”). The word survives in all four branches: Aromanian sug, Megleno-Romanian sug and Istro-Romanian sugu. Its Romance cognates include Italian suggere and…

Tiktin, Scriban and Wiktionary take it as inherited from Latin timor (“fear”) (accusative timōrem), and the REW lists Aromanian temoare beside Italian timore, Occitan temor and Portuguese temor as…

It is inherited from Late Latin ūdō (“to wet”), a verb formed on ūdus (“wet”). Ciorănescu lists it among the derivatives of the adjective ud, but adds that it must go back to the Latin verb, as…

It is inherited from Latin humerus (“shoulder”), a variant of umerus. The Latin word comes from Proto-Indo-European *h₃émsos (“shoulder”). The word survives in all four branches: Aromanian umir…

It is formed from Romanian umbră + -i, from the noun for “shade”, according to DEX, MDA2, Tiktin and the DLR. An older view, held by Densusianu and Pușcariu (article 1800), made it a continuation of…

1. The word for the jug is inherited from Latin urceolus (“small pitcher or jug”), the diminutive of urceus (“pitcher”). Its Romance cognates include Italian orciuolo, Old French orçuel and Occitan…

It is inherited from Latin vēnātor (“hunter”), from vēnor (“to hunt”) with the agent suffix -tor. Ciorănescu treats it as a derivative of vâna that may also continue the Latin word directly, and the…

It is inherited from Latin venter (“belly, abdomen”), from its accusative form. Pușcariu discusses it as article 1899 of his dictionary of the Latin element. Its Romance cognates include Dalmatian…

It is inherited from Late Latin dolus (“pain, grief”), a back-formation from doleō (“to feel pain”). DELR adds that ⟨dolus⟩ may have been remade from ⟨dolorum⟩, the genitive plural of dolor…

It is probably inherited from Vulgar Latin *thȳmānea (“incense”), an altered form of Latin thȳmiāma (“incense”), from Ancient Greek θυμίαμα (thumíama, “incense”). Candrea's *thym(i)anea is matched…

It is inherited from Latin capreolus (“roe deer; rafter”). DEX gives the Latin form as capriolus. The Latin word is formed on caprea (“roe deer”) with the diminutive suffix -olus, and it already…

It is formed from Romanian scris + -oare, from the participle and noun scris “written; writing” of scrie “to write”. DER lists it among the derivatives of the verb. The verb is inherited from Latin…

Ciorănescu, following Candrea and Rosetti, takes it as inherited from Vulgar Latin *adtepīre, formed on tepeō (“to be warm; to be languid”), perhaps blended with *adsopīre, the source of French…

It is formed from Romanian bună + -ică, from the old word for a grandmother. MDA2 and Wiktionary's Romanian edition form it from bun with the same suffix, while Tiktin, the DA and the CADE make it…

It is the form with the definite article of the adverb from Romanian împotrivă: when its noun part is followed by a genitive or a possessive pronoun, it takes the article and works as a preposition…

It is inherited from Latin ligāmentum (“band, bandage”), the view of Pușcariu, Candrea–Densusianu, the DA, DEX and MDA2. Ciorănescu, and the REW as a second possibility, take it instead as a…

It is inherited from Latin rōmānus (“Roman”), an adjective that Latin formed on Rōma (“Rome”). The form with the regular sound changes is rumân, kept in popular speech; the form with ⟨o⟩ is a…

It is formed from Romanian bun (“grandfather”) + -ic, a diminutive. The DLRM and DELR take as its base the noun meaning “grandfather”, not the adjective meaning “good”. That noun is explained in two…

Its origin is disputed: Ciorănescu takes it as an expressive formation from Romanian papă + -ușă, compare pup, with the diminutive suffix; its first sense would be “a person or thing of no definite…

Its origin is disputed. DELR's first explanation is inherited from Vulgar Latin *arceārium, formed on *arce, a metathesis of *acre, itself a by-form of Latin acer (“maple”); it cites Burlă, Hasdeu…

It is inherited from Latin cōnstō (“to stand firm, remain unchanged”), formed from con- and stō (“to stand”), the source of sta. Pușcariu, the REW and Drăganu gave the same etymon. It survives south…

It is inherited from Latin frāga (“strawberries”), the neuter plural of frāgum, taken as a feminine singular. The same reading of the plural shows in other Romance languages, but Romanian also has a…

It is probably inherited from Vulgar Latin *ammattiō, formed on Late Latin mattus (“drunk”), which may come from *maditus, a participle of madeō (“to be wet”). The DA points to the older form…

It is inherited from Latin bāiulus (“porter, carrier”), or its feminine bāiula, which in Late Latin was also an adjective “carrying”. DELR suggests a neuter Vulgar Latin *bāiulum “thing that holds…

It is inherited from Latin mātrīcem (“womb”), the accusative case of the Latin noun. The Latin word is formed on māter (“mother”) and meant a breeding animal and the womb. The word survives south of…

It is inherited from Latin sēbum (“tallow, suet”), a word inherited across Romance. It survives in all four branches: Aromanian seu, Megleno-Romanian seu and Istro-Romanian sew. Its Romance cognates…

The origin of the word is uncertain. DELR's probable explanation is that it is inherited from Vulgar Latin *accellāre, a verb formed on cella (“storeroom, small chamber”), as A. Philippide proposed…

It is formed from Romanian acoperi + -re: the long infinitive of the verb, turned into a noun of action and in part into a concrete noun. The verb acoperi continues Latin cooperiō (“to cover over”)…

It is formed from Romanian acoperi + -iș, from the verb “to cover”. DELR lists it in the family of acoperi, with Aromanian cupirișu as the corresponding word. Hasdeu set it beside învăliș and…

It is inherited from Latin āēr (“air”), itself from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr). Ciorănescu, following Pușcariu, the REW and the DA, takes it directly from Latin. Tiktin points out that old Romanian did…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *accaptiāre (“to catch”), formed with ad- on *captiāre, from captus, the participle of capiō (“to take, seize”). The other Romance languages inherited the simple…

It is inherited from Latin agilis (“nimble, quick”), which changed its declension in Romanian. The DA reconstructs an intermediate form *agere, which then changed its declension. Hasdeu found the…

Most dictionaries take it as inherited from Vulgar Latin *allēnō (“to soften, calm”), formed on lēnis (“soft, mild, calm”). Italian allenare and Sardinian allenare are compared with it. Philippide…

It is formed from Romanian alt (“other”) + cineva (“someone”). cineva is itself formed from cine “who” and va. Beside it the old language had altcinevași, from alt and cinevași.

It is generally derived as inherited from Vulgar Latin *ammināciāre (“to threaten”), though DELR calls the etymology uncertain. The Latin verb is formed on minācia (“threat”), from mināx…

It is formed from Romanian a- + ori + -a: the adverbial ⟨a-⟩ with ⟨ori⟩, “times”, the plural of the noun, and the adverbial ⟨-a⟩ of alăturea and alocurea. MDA2 compares adeseori and arareori, and…

It is formed from Romanian apropia + -re: the long infinitive of the verb, which became an abstract noun of action and state, the opposite of depărtare. The verb apropia goes back to Late Latin…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *extemperāre, formed with the prefix ex- on temperō (“to moderate, temper”). Ciorănescu cites this etymology from Densusianu, Pușcariu, the REW, the DA and Rosetti…

It is borrowed from Old Church Slavonic бѣлити (běliti, “to whiten”), from бѣлъ (bělŭ, “white”), with a peeling sense that Bulgarian, Slovene, Slovak and Lower Sorbian share. Tiktin explains the…

It is probably inherited from Latin quam (“how, as”), the source of ca as well. DELR gives can as the oldest form: Latin final /m/ became /n/ in monosyllables, as in French rien from rem, Italian…

It is inherited from Latin catīnum (“bowl, dish”), a form of catīnus. Ciorănescu cites Candrea and Densusianu, the REW and Pascu for it. The word survives south of the Danube: Aromanian cãtsãn…

It is formed from Romanian cât + va, “how much” followed by the third person singular present of vrea (“to want”). The first part continues Latin quantus (“how great”), which Ciorănescu, after…

It is formed from Romanian căuta + -re, the long infinitive of the verb used as a noun. DELR traces căuta itself to *cautō, from Latin caveō (“to take care, beware”), or to captō (“to try to catch”).

It is inherited from Latin cernō (“to sift, distinguish, decide”), with the same conjugation class. The Latin verb goes back to *krei- (“to sift, separate”) and is related to Ancient Greek κρίνω…

It is probably inherited from Latin cȳma (“bud, shoot, top of a plant”), which is from Ancient Greek κῦμα (kûma, “swelling; wave”). The word first meant “swelling”, a sense that survives in regional…

It is inherited from Latin cooperīmentum (“a covering”), a noun formed on cooperiō (“to cover”). Ciorănescu calls it without doubt a direct continuation of the Latin noun. It sits beside the verb…

It is inherited from Latin, but the sound changes are irregular and not fully explained. Most sources take it as inherited from Latin cerebrum (“brain”) through a shortened *crebrum. DELR explains…

It is the long infinitive of crește, used as a noun: formed from Romanian crește + -re. The verb continues crēscō (“to grow”), a word kept across Romance. Ciorănescu lists the noun among the…

Its origin is disputed: DELR, after Pușcariu, Skok and the DA, derives it from Latin: inherited from Latin commāter (“godmother”) and compater (“godfather”) blended in the Latin of the Danube into…

It is formed from Romanian cunoaște + -ință. Cunoaște is inherited from Latin cognōscō (“to get to know”), through a popular form *connōscō. The sense “acquaintance, person one knows” follows French…

It is inherited from Latin cōnsocer (“a son's or daughter's father-in-law”), continued in the accusative form cōnsocerum. DELR starts from a reshaped *consocrum, made like the feminine *consocra…

It is formed from Romanian des- + încurca, replacing the prefix of încurca (“to tangle”) with the reversing prefix des-. Pușcariu once derived it from Vulgar Latin *deobscūricō (“to make light”)…

It is formed from Romanian de + seară (“evening”), as MDA2, DEX 2009, Tiktin and the DLR give it. MDA2 compares aseară “last night”, formed on the same noun.