Romanian words first recorded in the 16th century

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…

It is inherited from Latin multus (“much, many”). Wiktionary takes the Latin word from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tos (“crumbled, crumpled”); de Vaan reconstructs a Proto-Italic stem and only…

It is inherited from Latin nesciō quid (“I don't know what”), from nesciō (“I don't know”) and quid (“what”). The same first element is in neștine “someone”, niscai “some” and nescît “a little”. It…

It is inherited from Latin nōn (“not”), the Latin negation that survives in most Romance languages. Candrea and Densusianu explain the form by the two ways Latin used the word in the sentence…

1. The word for “step, pace” is inherited from Latin passus (“step, pace”). Its Romance cognates include Italian passo, French pas, Spanish paso and Portuguese passo, and Albanian pas (“fathom”)…

It is inherited from Latin sīc (“thus, so, in this way”). The Oxford Latin Dictionary explains the Latin adverb as the locative of an old demonstrative stem with the particle -ce. In Romanian the…

It is inherited from Latin trāiciō (“to throw across, carry over”). Elsewhere in Romance it survives in Portuguese tragir and Old Occitan tragir. The word survives in all four branches of Romanian…

It is inherited from Latin ūnus (“one”). The Latin numeral continues Old Latin oinos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos. The word survives in all four branches: Aromanian un, Megleno-Romanian un…

It is inherited from Latin videō (“to see”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd-. It survives in all four branches: Aromanian ved, Megleno-Romanian ved and Istro-Romanian vedu. Its Romance cognates…

It is inherited from Latin cāseus (“cheese”), also cāseum. The Latin word has no agreed etymology; de Vaan regards it as unknown and perhaps a loan. It survives in all four branches: Aromanian caș…

Pușcariu, the REW, Tiktin and MDA2 take it as inherited from Latin populus (“people”). Its Romance cognates include Italian popolo, Catalan poble, Occitan poble, French peuple, Spanish pueblo and…

It is formed from Romanian frate + -at, from an older ⟨frătat⟩ “made a brother”, on the model of Old Church Slavonic побратимъ (pobratimŭ), from братъ (bratŭ, “brother”). MDA2 records ⟨frătat⟩ as an…

According to DEX and MDA2 it is inherited from Vulgar Latin *miriō (“one who marvels”), a noun formed on mīror (“to wonder at”). Candrea and Densusianu proposed this etymon, and Tiktin and Scriban…

It is inherited from Latin ventus (“wind”). The Latin word goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts, from the root *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”). The word survives in all four branches: Aromanian vimtu…

It comes from alnus (“alder”), but the exact Latin form is disputed, and DELR calls the etymology uncertain. One view takes it as inherited from Latin alnīnus (“of alder”), recorded in the Lex…

It is inherited from Latin ēricius (“hedgehog”). It survives south of the Danube: Aromanian ariciu and Megleno-Romanian ariț. Its Romance cognates include Italian riccio, Sardinian rizzu and Spanish…

It is inherited from Late Latin sarica, a Late Latin form of sērica (“silk garments”). Tiktin cites the Medieval Latin forms sareca, saraca and sarca. Scriban explains the Latin word as the neuter…

It is inherited from Latin cucurbita (“gourd”). DELR takes the variant cucúrbătă (plural ⟨cucúrbete⟩) as the basic form. The Latin word is probably a loanword, perhaps related to cucumis…

It is inherited from Latin margella (“coral, pearl”), a word known only from a Greek–Latin glossary, where it renders Ancient Greek κοράλλιον (korállion, “red coral”). MDA2 and DLR call it Medieval…

It continues the Latin forms with /e/ for classical /a/: the fruit is inherited from Latin mēlum (“apple”), a variant of mālum, and the tree inherited from Vulgar Latin *mēlus (“apple tree”), for…

It is inherited from Latin nux (“nut”), as the DEX, MDA2 and the DLR give it. Tiktin explains that Romanian split the Latin noun into a masculine *nucus for the tree and a feminine *nuca for the…

Its origin is uncertain. Ciorănescu's source is inherited from Vulgar Latin *pandea (“woven cloth”), an etymon he calls generally accepted, though each author explains it differently. He takes it as…

It is inherited from Latin corrigia (“shoelace, thong”). Tiktin explains the change through *correja and *correa, compare cucuvea. DELR compares plai from plagius for the loss of the consonant, and…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *berbēcārius (“shepherd of rams”), the view of Candrea and Densusianu, CADE, the REW and the DA, which DELR gives first. The DA points to Medieval Latin…

It is inherited from Latin chorda (“string of a musical instrument, later also of a bow”), from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ, “gut; string of an instrument”). The senses of music, mathematics…

1. The word for the pear tree is inherited from Latin pirus (“pear tree”). It survives in all four branches: Aromanian per, Megleno-Romanian per and Istro-Romanian per. Besides Romanian, the Latin…

It is inherited from Latin canis (“dog”). The word survives in all four branches: Aromanian câne, Megleno-Romanian cǫini and Istro-Romanian câre. Its Romance cognates include Dalmatian kuon, Italian…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *cucūta, a popular form of Latin cicūta (“hemlock”) with the first vowel assimilated to the second. The same change appears in Occitan coucudo and in French…

It is borrowed from Latin doctor (“teacher”), in the Medieval Latin sense of one entitled by his studies to teach at a university. The sense “physician” is a narrowing of “doctor of medicine”. The…

Its origin is disputed. Ciorănescu considers it probably inherited from Vulgar Latin *squaleus (“hard, untilled, dry”), a derivative of Latin squāleō (“to be rough, be covered with a rough layer”)…

It is inherited from Latin sōl (“sun”). The Latin word goes back to Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”). The word survives in all four branches: Aromanian soare, Megleno-Romanian soari and…

It is inherited from Latin arānea (“spider; spider's web”), which Latin medical writers also used for a skin disease. The word survives south of the Danube: Aromanian arãnji and Megleno-Romanian…

1. The word for running and flight is inherited from Latin fuga (“flight”). It survives in all four branches: Aromanian fugă, Megleno-Romanian fugă and Istro-Romanian fuge. Its Romance cognates…

It is inherited from Latin medius (“middle, central”). Ciorănescu cites Diez, Pușcariu, Candrea and Densusianu and the REW for it. The Latin word goes back to Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos…

It is inherited from Latin pepo (“a kind of large melon”), through a stem in ⟨-in-⟩, Vulgar Latin *pepinem, instead of the classical stem in ⟨-ōn-⟩. REW lists such a form among the Latin glosses…

Its origin is disputed: DEX and MDA2 call it unknown. Ciorănescu takes it as an expressive formation on the interjection from Romanian ga, which imitates the bird's call. For him the likeness to…

It is inherited from Late Latin geusiae (“throat, jaws”), probably through a reduced form Vulgar Latin *gusia. The Latin word is recorded around 400 and is thought to be of Gaulish origin. Tiktin…

It is inherited from Latin vītricus (“stepfather”). Ciorănescu stresses that the Latin word had a long /iː/, not a short one, and he rejects the view of Domaschke and Tiktin that the Romanian word…

It is from Romanian boașă (“testicle”), with a singular remade after their shared plural. The word has cognates in all four branches: Aromanian boashã, Megleno-Romanian boș and Istro-Romanian boș…

It is inherited from Latin placenta (“flat cake”). Ciorănescu notes that Romanian is the only Romance language to keep the word, and that the sounds of the dialects confirm the derivation. Latin had…

It is inherited from Latin trunculus (“small trunk, stump”). Wiktionary reconstructs the syncopated form *trunclus. The Latin word is a diminutive of truncus (“trunk, torso”). De Vaan takes the noun…

Ciorănescu, Tiktin and Wiktionary have it inherited from Latin nux (“nut”). Ciorănescu cites Pușcariu, Candrea–Densusianu and the REW. In the Romance languages the Latin word names the fruit…

It is inherited from Latin haedus (“young goat, kid”). The Latin word has no Indo-European root and is probably a loan; its only sure cognate is Proto-Germanic *gaits (“goat”). The word survives in…

It is inherited from Latin familia (“household, family”). Romanian familie is a later learned borrowing of the same Latin word. Wiktionary notes that the word has nothing to do with Latin femella or…

It is probably inherited from Vulgar Latin *pūrōnium, formed on Latin pūs (“pus”), the view of Pușcariu, Candrea and Densusianu, Tiktin and Rosetti; Ciorănescu, who reports it, still calls the…

It is inherited from Late Latin rādīcīna, formed on Latin rādīx (“root”). The Late Latin word is first found in Pelagonius, in the 4th century. The Latin word comes from Proto-Indo-European…

It is inherited from Late Latin sappa (“hoe, mattock”). It survives in all four branches: Aromanian sapã, Megleno-Romanian sapă and Istro-Romanian sope. Its Romance cognates include Italian zappa…

It is inherited from Latin saliō (“to jump, leap”), a verb of the fourth conjugation like its Romanian outcome. The Latin verb goes back to Proto-Indo-European *sl̥-ye-. The verb survives south of…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *scupiō (“to spit”), as DEX, MDA2 and the DLR give it, compared with Latin expuō (“to spit out”). Ciorănescu traces it to Latin cōnspuō (“to spit upon”), with the…

It is inherited from Latin sicilis (“sickle”), in the form with two short vowels, ⟨sĭcĭlis⟩, that the Romance languages presuppose. The word survives south of the Danube: Aromanian seațiră (spelled…

It is inherited from Latin vōs (“you (plural)”), and the dative vouă continues vōbīs. The Latin pronoun comes from Proto-Italic *wōs, an old accusative form. The word survives in all four branches…

It is probably inherited from Vulgar Latin *vēre-ūnus (“truly one”), a group of Latin vērē (“truly”) and ūnus (“one”). Ciorănescu, after Salvioni, Tiktin and the REW, takes the first part, the…

It is inherited from Latin aduncus (“hooked, curved”). The Latin adjective is formed from ad- and uncus (“a hook; hooked”). The sense moved from “curved” to “hollow” and then to “deep”. Candrea and…

It is inherited from Latin ager (“field, land”), continuing the accusative agrum. The Latin word comes from *h₂éǵros, like Ancient Greek ἀγρός (agrós) and Old English æcer. It survives south of the…

It is generally inherited from Vulgar Latin *allargō (“to go off into the distance”), a verb formed on largus (“abundant, generous, (late) wide”), whose late sense “wide” led to “far”, the sense the…

It is inherited from Latin allevātum (“raised”), the neuter of the past participle of allevō (“to lift up, raise”), itself from levō (“to lighten, raise”) and levis (“light”). Pușcariu, Candrea and…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *aminduī, from the phrase Latin ambō (“both”) duo (“two”), with the inflection regularised as ⟨ambī duī⟩ and a nasal carried forward from the first syllable. The…

Its origin is uncertain; the explanation DELR favours is that it is inherited from Latin aucupor (“to go bird-catching; to try to catch”), with the diphthong simplified and a metathesis. This…

It is inherited from Late Latin arātūra (“ploughing”), from arō (“to plough”). DEX and NODEX instead derive it within Romanian, from Romanian ara + -ătură. The Latin verb is from Proto-Indo-European…

It is inherited from Latin asina (“she-ass”), the feminine of asinus (“donkey”). It survives in Istro-Romanian åseră. The DA compares Italian asina, Spanish asna and Portuguese asna.