Romanian words first recorded in the 16th century

It is inherited from Latin extorqueō (“to twist out, wrench away”), which passed into the third conjugation like toarce. Wiktionary posits a Vulgar Latin form of the third conjugation. The Latin…

It is inherited from Late Latin subtīliō (“to make fine, make thin”), a verb formed on subtīlis (“fine, thin”). The Latin adjective is explained as sub + tēla (“web”), originally a weaving term for…

It is inherited from Latin subtīlis (“fine in texture, thin”). The Latin word was apparently formed on sub (“under”) and tēla (“web”) and was first a weaving term. Pușcariu considered supțire the…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *sufferīre, the popular form of sufferō (“to bear, endure”). Ciorănescu, MDA2 and the DLR start from the Latin verb itself. The Latin verb is formed from sub- and…

It is inherited from Latin sūbula (“awl”), through a syncopated Vulgar Latin *subla. The word survives in all four branches: Aromanian sulă, Megleno-Romanian sulă and Istro-Romanian sule. Its…

It is borrowed from Old Church Slavonic таборъ (taborŭ, “camp”), the Slavonic word that DEX, NODEX, Scriban and Șăineanu give as its source. MDA2 and the DLR name borrowed from Hungarian tábor…

It is formed from Romanian ticală (“misery, suffering”) + -os. DEX calls the old noun ticală of unknown origin. MDA2 leaves it unexplained and compares the old verb ticăi (“to suffer”), from which…

It is inherited from Latin tempus (“time”). The Latin word comes from Proto-Indo-European *tempos (“stretch”). It survives as Megleno-Romanian timp. Aromanian keeps only the derivative timburiu…

It is borrowed from Old Church Slavonic траꙗти (trajati, “to last”), from Proto-Slavic *trajati. Wiktionary allows a Common Slavic source as well. Ciorănescu compares Serbo-Croatian trajati (“to…

It is inherited from Latin trāiecta, the feminine of trāiectus (“crossed”), past participle of trāiciō (“to throw across, to cross”). The verb trece “to pass” comes from the same Latin verb. Scriban…

It is inherited from Latin ūber (“breast, udder”), as DER, Tiktin, MDA2, the DLR and DEX agree. The Latin /b/ appears here as /g/, as in rug from rubus. Pușcariu and Tiktin explain the /g/ by the…

It is inherited from Latin avunculus (“maternal uncle”), probably through a shortened *unclus. The Latin word is a diminutive of avus (“grandfather”). The same short form underlies French oncle and…

It is a compound from Romanian un + alt: the plural phrase ⟨une alte⟩ “some [and] other things, all sorts of things”, the feminine plurals of the pronoun unul and of the adjective, from which a…

1. The word for the doorpost is inherited from Latin ostiolum (“little door”), a diminutive of ostium (“door”). DEX, DLR and MDA2 give the Latin form as osteolum, and Scriban starts from a popular…

It is inherited from Latin vēna (“blood vessel”). The word survives in all four branches: Aromanian vinã, Megleno-Romanian vină and Istro-Romanian virę. Its Romance cognates include Dalmatian vaina…

It is formed from Romanian vinde + -are, the suffix of the long infinitive. Tiktin compares the similar formations făcare and născare. Scriban derives it from the stem of the verb, and Șăineanu…

It is formed from Romanian vargă (“rod; stripe”) + -at, according to DEX, MDA2, Tiktin and Scriban. Ciorănescu lists it among the derivatives of vargă but adds that it could also come directly from…

It is borrowed from Old Church Slavonic връста (vrŭsta, “age, lifetime”). Ciorănescu cites Cihac and Conev and compares Bulgarian връст (vrǎst, “age”) and Slovene vrsta (“line”). The Slavonic word…

It is inherited from Latin vespa (“wasp”). Pușcariu, Tiktin and Scriban posit Vulgar Latin *vespis, remade after apis (“bee”) to explain the final /e/, and compare Sardinian espe. DEX gives the same…

It is usually explained as formed from Romanian vis + -a, a verb made on the noun for “dream”. The noun is inherited from Latin vīsum (“something seen, a vision”), the neuter participle of videō…

It is inherited from Latin dextrae (“solemn pledges”), the plural of dextera (“right hand; pledge”), from dexter (“right”): the pledge given by the right hand. Ciorănescu names Hasdeu, Pușcariu…

It is inherited from Late Latin scabia, the late form of scabiēs (“roughness, itch, mange”), from scabō (“to scratch”). For the change of ⟨-bia⟩ to ⟨-ibă⟩, Ciorănescu compares habeat and aibă. He…

DEX, the DLR, MDA2 and NODEX take it inherited from Vulgar Latin *exventāre (“to air out”). The verb is reconstructed from Romance: the REW sets it beside Italian sventare, French éventer and…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *ammagīre, from Ancient Greek μαγεύω (mageúō, “to practise magic, to bewitch”). The Greek verb comes from μάγος (mágos, “Magus, sorcerer”), from Old Persian maguš…

It is inherited from Latin arātōrius (“used for ploughing”), as DELR, Candrea and Densusianu and the DLRM give it, and for the noun inherited from Latin arātor (“ploughman”), as Ciorănescu, the REW…

It is inherited from Latin buccella (“little mouth; small mouthful”), a diminutive of bucca (“mouth; cheek”), the source of bucă. In Latin the word meant a small mouthful or a small loaf. Its…

It is inherited from Latin cippus (“stake, post; boundary stone”), which DELR also cites in a vulgar form. The Latin word may go back to a noun Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeip-o- (“pole, stick”) and be…

It is inherited from Late Latin crepātūra (“crack, fissure”), formed on crepō (“to crack, rattle”). Tiktin gives two views: a derivative of crăpa, or the Latin word. Ciorănescu lists it among the…

It is most probably borrowed from Modern Greek διαμάντι (diamánti), the source that Ciorănescu, Tiktin, Scriban and DELR give. DELR adds that the word was reinforced by German Diamant, Polish…

It is inherited from Latin calceāmentum (“footwear”), also spelled calciāmentum. Candrea and Densusianu derive the feminine from the Latin plural calceāmenta, which became a singular, and Șăineanu…

In its modern use it is borrowed from Latin prīmus (“first”), with French prime as a second model in the DLR. Ciorănescu calls the modern senses a neologism, but thinks the word may also have been…

It is borrowed from Old Church Slavonic камина (kamina, “furnace, hearth”) according to the DA, MDA2, DEX and DELR; the Slavonic word is from Greek. The DA and CADE also name Bulgarian камина…

It is inherited from Latin merula (“blackbird”). It survives in all four branches: Aromanian njerlã, Megleno-Romanian ńierla and Istro-Romanian merlę. The Romance cognates include Italian merla and…

It is formed from Romanian spin (“thorn”) + -os. The noun continues Latin spīnus (“blackthorn, wild plum”). Pușcariu and the REW instead take the adjective straight from spīnōsus (“thorny”), which…

Its origin is uncertain. The most widely cited view takes it as inherited from Vulgar Latin *pistālia, from pistō (“to pound”), a frequentative of pīnsō (“to stamp, crush”), because pods are beaten…

1. The word for the orchard is inherited from Latin pōmētum (“orchard”), according to DEX, NODEX, MDA2 and the DLR. Ciorănescu lists it among the derivatives of pom and says it may continue the…

It is formed from Romanian țară (“country, land”) + -ean. Tiktin explains ⟨-an⟩ from ⟨-ean⟩ by the same loss of palatal quality seen in old forms such as țărâșoară. Wiktionary allows a Vulgar Latin…

It is formed from Romanian ăst + -a: the demonstrative adjective “this” with the deictic ending that also ends acesta and acela. DELR starts from the older form aiest, and takes the ending from…

Its origin is disputed. DEX, DLRM and Wiktionary give it as borrowed from Polish żak, and MDA2 names both the Polish word and Hungarian zsák (“sack”). Tiktin also takes the old form jac from Polish…

It is inherited from Latin pīnus (“pine”). It survives south of the Danube: Aromanian chin and Megleno-Romanian pin. Its Romance cognates include Italian pino, French pin, Catalan pi, Spanish pino…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *albaster (“whitish”), formed on albus (“white”) with the suffix -aster. The same formation gives Italian biancastro and French blanchâtre “whitish” on other words…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *armissārius (“stallion”), a form attested as armessārius in the Salic Law. This is admissārius (“stallion kept for breeding”), used with equus (“horse”), from…

1. The word for beer is borrowed from German Bier, its form shaped by association with bere “drinking”, the long infinitive of bea. Ciorănescu credits the explanation to Densusianu. Scriban also…

It is formed from Romanian cal + -uș, a diminutive of “horse”, literally “little horse”. Ciorănescu lists it among the derivatives of the noun for the horse, which is from Latin caballus (“horse”)…

It is inherited from Latin istum tempus (“this time”), a phrase of iste (“this”) and tempus (“time”), the view of CADE, the DLR, DEX and Tiktin. DELR also allows a Romanian phrase of a(i)est “this”…

It is inherited from Late Latin folia (“leaf”), the plural of Latin folium (“leaf”), taken as a feminine singular, at first with a collective sense. Some modern senses follow French feuille. Besides…

It is formed from Romanian mână (“hand”) + -er. DEX gives the suffix as -ar. The noun for “hand” continues Latin manus (“hand”). A Latin source has also been proposed: Scriban and Wiktionary allow…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *paricula (“pair”), the feminine of pariculus (“alike”) used as a noun, a diminutive of Latin pār (“equal”). Ciorănescu cites Diez, Pușcariu's EWRS (no. 1266)…

It is inherited from Latin tertius (“third”), but how it developed from the Latin word is disputed. Ciorănescu derives it from the Latin word, whose regular outcome *terți took the suffix -iu, as in…

It is probably borrowed from Byzantine Greek ὀλοσηρικός (olosērikós, “all of silk”), which Tiktin thinks came in indirectly; Ciorănescu compares Italian oloserico. Tiktin notes that the Greek word…

It is usually derived as inherited from Vulgar Latin *voltoria, a noun formed on *voltus, the popular participle that replaced Latin volūtus, past participle of volvō (“to roll, to whirl”). Pușcariu…

It is inherited from Latin vitella (“young cow”), a diminutive of vitula (“calf, young cow”). The DLR and MDA2 mark the Latin form as reconstructed, and the DLR explains the variant vițică by a…

It is inherited from Latin lacrimōsus (“tearful, full of tears”), an adjective formed in Latin on lacrima (“tear”) with -ōsus. Ciorănescu lists it among the derivatives of lacrimă, and notes that…

It is inherited from Late Latin lucta (“wrestling, struggle”), a noun formed on lūctor (“to wrestle”). The Latin verb is a frequentative, which de Vaan derives from a participle meaning “bent” and…

It is borrowed from Old Church Slavonic нарокъ (narokŭ). In the Codex Suprasliensis the Slavonic noun renders Ancient Greek ψῆφος (psêphos, “pebble, vote”); ESSJa gives its senses as “a set term”…

It is probably inherited from Vulgar Latin *doliōsus, formed on *dolium (“pain”), a rare Latin word known from inscriptions and in literary texts only in the compound Latin cordolium (“heartache”)…

It is inherited from Latin tītiō (“firebrand”). MDA2 and DEX start from a popular form with a short vowel, Latin *tĭtio. Lactantius already called the word popular. De Vaan derives the Latin noun…

It is inherited from Latin cōleus (“testicle”). Wiktionary sets a Vulgar Latin neuter *coleum between the two, made neuter because testicles come in pairs, hence the Romanian neuter. It survives in…

It is a compound from Romanian domnie + vostru, literally “your lordship”: the articled form of the noun and the feminine of the possessive. Ciorănescu lists it with dumneata, dumnealui and…

It is a compound from Romanian o (“one”) + dată (“time”), literally “one time”, written as one word. The second part, meaning “time, occasion”, is the feminine past participle from Romanian da (“to…