Romanian words first recorded in the 16th century

It is inherited from Latin suspīrō (“to sigh”). MDA2 writes the etymon as ⟨suspinare⟩. Its source is formed from Latin sub- + spīrō (“to breathe”). South of the Danube the verb is Aromanian suschir…

It is the long infinitive of tăcea (“to be silent”), formed from Romanian tăcea + -re, as Ciorănescu, Tiktin, MDA2 and the DLR derive it. The verb is from Latin taceō (“to be silent”), and…

It is formed from Romanian urma + -ător “to follow”. The DLR and MDA2 derive it from the noun urmă “trace, track” with the same suffix, and Ciorănescu lists it among the derivatives of the noun. The…

Its core is inherited from Latin in illā hōrā (“in that hour, at that moment”), to which the prepositions de and a were added, as in many Romanian adverbs. DELR and Tiktin put dē before the phrase…

It is formed from Romanian aiure + -a, with the adverbial ⟨-a⟩ of aicea and acuma. The older adverb aiure is from Latin aliubi (“elsewhere”), a rare form of alibi made of the stem of alius (“other”)…

It is formed from Romanian cânta + -ător, the verbal adjective and agent noun of the verb “to sing”. Wiktionary compares Latin cantātor (“singer”), which it may continue. The verb is from Latin…

It is a back-formation from Romanian cap (“head”): Romanian made a new singular out of its plural capete. Tiktin calls it a younger form of the same word. The plural continues Latin capita, the…

It is inherited from Late Latin capitāneum, the neuter of capitāneus (“of the head, chief”), from caput (“head”). It survives south of the Danube as Aromanian cãpitãnj and Megleno-Romanian căpiton…

It is inherited from Latin clārus (“loud; bright, clear”). De Vaan derives the Latin adjective from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁-, with the same shift from “loud” to “clear” as in German hell. The…

It is borrowed from Old Church Slavonic читати (čitati, “to read”), a verb formed on чисти (čisti, “to count, reckon; to read”). This Old Church Slavonic verb meant “to count”, “to read” and also…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *conquaerō (“to seek out, obtain”), with a change to the fourth conjugation, from conquaerō, a late remaking of Classical conquīrō (“to search out and collect”)…

It is formed from Romanian cumpăra + -ător. Wiktionary also allows comparātor, and compares Italian compratore, Spanish comprador and Portuguese comprador. The verb is from Latin comparō (“to…

1. The word for the flow of water is inherited from Latin cursus (“running, course”), with some senses modelled on French cours. The Latin noun was formed on currō (“to run”). Tiktin counts the…

It is remade from the plural ⟨fameni⟩ of the old famăn “castrated man”, which is inherited from Vulgar Latin *feminus, formed on Latin fēmina (“woman”). Ciorănescu and the Academy dictionary take…

It is inherited from Latin gener (“son-in-law”). The Latin word comes from Proto-Indo-European *ǵm̥ros, and its ⟨n⟩ is explained from an earlier ⟨m⟩; Ancient Greek γαμβρός (gambrós, “son-in-law…

Tiktin, the DA and MDA2 see it as inherited from Vulgar Latin *pressūrō (“to press”), a verb from pressūra (“pressure, pressing”), with the prefix în-; the view goes back to Cipariu and is followed…

It is formed from Romanian împuta (“to reproach”) + -ciune, on an old verb. MDA2 and Scriban also compare Latin imputātiō (“charge, account”). The verb is imputō (“to charge to someone”), which the…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *incapiō, a compound of in- (“in”) and capiō (“to take; to hold, contain”). Its infinitive in ⟨-ea⟩ points to a Latin infinitive in ⟨-ēre⟩ in place of the classical…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *incarricō, formed in Latin on carricō (“to load a cart”). Ciorănescu derives it from that Latin verb itself, attested as ⟨carcati⟩ in the Reichenau Glosses, with…

It is probably inherited from Vulgar Latin *ingrevināre, a derivative of *grevis, the popular form of Latin gravis (“heavy”). Pușcariu, Candrea and Densusianu and the DA hold this view, and Candrea…

It is inherited from Latin invītō (“to invite, entertain; to encourage”). De Vaan explains the Latin verb as a prefixed in- with a derived verb meaning “to pursue”, from Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-…

It is borrowed from Old Church Slavonic обꙑчаи (obyčai, “custom, habit”), from Proto-Slavic *obyčajь. DEX, MDA2 and the DLR name Bulgarian обичай (običaj) as the source instead. Ciorănescu relates…

It is borrowed from Bulgarian отдихна (otdihna, “to rest”). Ciorănescu, after Miklosich and Cihac, derives it from Old Church Slavonic отъдъхнѫти (otŭdŭxnǫti, “to breathe”) and compares duhni…

It is inherited from Latin pectus (“breast, chest”). The word survives in all four branches: Aromanian cheptu, Megleno-Romanian chiept and Istro-Romanian chiept. Candrea and Densusianu thought that…

It is borrowed from Old Church Slavonic повѣсть (pověstĭ, “story, account”), from the Church Slavonic of the church and chancery. In Old Church Slavonic the noun renders Ancient Greek διήγησις…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *pūtiō (“to stink”), with a change of conjugation from pūteō (“to stink, to rot”). The Latin verb is related to pūs (“pus”). Megleno-Romanian has put. The same…

1. The word for the bramble is inherited from Latin rubus (“bramble, blackberry bush”). The Latin /b/ between vowels became /g/ here, as in neg and negură. The Latin noun is traced to…

It is inherited from Latin serēnus (“clear, unclouded”). Ciorănescu notes that the assimilation of /r/ to the following /n/ is recent, and the Transylvanian forms serin and sărin do not have it…

It is inherited from Late Latin socrus (“father-in-law”), the form recorded by Consentius in place of Classical socer. In Classical Latin that form was the feminine, meaning “mother-in-law”; the…

It is inherited from Latin spūma (“foam”). The Latin word goes back to Proto-Indo-European *(s)poHy-mos, or in de Vaan's notation *spoHi-m- (“foam”), with cognates such as Old English fām. It…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *extracōlō, from Latin cōlō (“to strain”). Ciorănescu gives this form after Pușcariu, and also *transcōlō after Cipariu and G. Meyer. Pascu treats the two as the…

It goes back to the Latin noun for “total, sum”, the feminine of Latin summus (“highest”), but the dictionaries disagree on the route. Tiktin takes it as an indirect, late loan from Latin, and…

It is inherited from Latin sonitus (“sound, noise”), a noun formed on sonō (“to sound”). Pușcariu discusses it as article 1695 of his Latin dictionary, and the REW lists only Romanian for the Latin…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *subrūpāre (“to undermine, bring down”), formed on rūpēs (“cliff, rock”) with sub- (“under”). The reconstruction goes back to Cihac, G. Meyer, Pușcariu and Pascu…

It is inherited from Latin thēca (“case, box, sheath”), itself from Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē, “case, box, receptacle”). The Greek noun belongs to τίθημι (títhēmi, “to put, place”). The word…

It is a back-formation from Romanian teme (“to fear”), a noun made from the verb without a suffix, as DEX, MDA2, the DLR, Ciorănescu, Scriban and Graur explain it. The verb is inherited from Latin…

It is inherited from Latin testum (“earthenware lid or baking pot”), a variant of testa (“piece of baked clay”). DEX gives the etymon with an asterisk, as a reconstructed form, and Scriban posits a…

It is borrowed from Old Church Slavonic трѣзвъ (trězvŭ, “sober, temperate”), from Proto-Slavic *terzvъ (“sober”). The old form was ⟨treazv⟩. The Slavonic word renders Ancient Greek νήφων (nḗphōn…

Its origin is disputed. Ciorănescu, the DLR and MDA2 take it as formed from Romanian tuna + -et, from tuna “to thunder”, on the model of sunet from suna. Scriban too derives it from the verb, on the…

Most dictionaries take it as inherited from Latin vēnātōria (“(the art) of hunting”), the feminine of vēnātōrius (“of hunters, hunting”) used as a noun for “the art of hunting”. The Latin adjective…

It is formed from Romanian vinde + -ător, from the verb “to sell”, according to MDA2, DEX, the DLR and Tiktin. The verb continues vēndō (“to sell”). The REW lists the Romanian word beside Italian…

1. The word for the vintager is formed from Romanian vie + -ar. Pușcariu derived it instead from Latin vīneārius, and compared Italian vignaio, Spanish viñero and Portuguese vinheiro. Tiktin…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *volvula, from volvō (“to roll, turn round”). Scriban connects the plant name with convolvulus, the Latin name of the bindweed. The Latin verb goes back to…

It is a compound from Romanian alt + ceva, formed in Romanian. The old texts write it separately, and the variant altăceva survives.

It is from Romanian amiazăzi according to DEX and the DLRM, the older form with the noun zi “day” at the end, which continues Latin ad mediam diem (“at midday”). Wiktionary gives the same…

It is formed from Romanian asculta + -ător, from asculta “to listen; to obey”. The verb continues Latin ascultō, a form of auscultō (“to listen”). Wiktionary notes that it may correspond to Latin…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *assediō (“to seat”), a verb of spoken Latin not recorded in texts. It was formed on sedeō (“to sit”), probably through a noun *sedium or *sedia “seat, place to…

It is inherited from Late Latin battālia (“fencing exercise”), the popular form of battuālia, from battuō (“to beat”). Cassiodorus already noted the popular form beside the classical one. In Latin…

It is borrowed from Italian capitano, which Ciorănescu thinks came into Romanian in the Middle Ages, probably by a Levantine route. The dictionaries do not agree on the route. DEX gives Italian…

It is usually explained as inherited from Vulgar Latin *carrō (“to carry by cart”), a verb formed on carrus (“wagon”). DELR also records the view of Scriban's dictionary that Romanian formed the…

Most dictionaries derive it from car (“cart, wagon”): DLRM, NODEX and MDA2 form it from Romanian car + -uță, and DEX gives only the base noun. Graur (1963) points out that Romanian has no other…

It is formed from Romanian căsător + -ie, from the old noun căsător “householder, married man”: so DA, DEX, MDA2 and Wiktionary. Tiktin derives it from the verb căsători instead, and DELR gives both…

The etymology is uncertain. For the older form cătelin Pușcariu proposed inherited from Vulgar Latin *cautēlīnus (“cautious”) or *cautēlēnus, built on cautēla (“precaution”); the regular outcome…

It is formed from Romanian *cată (“cat”) + -ușă, on a Romanian word for “cat” that has not survived, which came from Latin catta (“she-cat”). Ciorănescu derives the lost base from cattus (“tomcat”)…

It is formed from Romanian cerceta + -re, the long infinitive of the verb used as a noun. Its modern senses follow French recherche. cerceta continues Latin circitō (“to go around, patrol”), an…

It is a compound from Romanian ce + va: the pronoun “what” and va, the third person singular present of vrea “to want”. The DA explains the formation by phrases with the pronoun and the verb…

It is inherited from Latin cīnque (“five”), the spoken form of quīnque with the first /kʷ/ dissimilated. Pușcariu cites ⟨cinque⟩ from inscriptions and notes that the classical form itself would also…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *cytola, a form of Latin cotyla (“small cup”) with its first two vowels swapped, from Ancient Greek κοτύλη (kotúlē, “bowl, small cup”). DELR cites Pușcariu, the…

DELR calls it uncertain but probably inherited from Vulgar Latin *cōnfundāre, a first-conjugation form of Latin cōnfundō (“to pour together, mix”), itself made of con- and fundō (“to pour”); the…

It is inherited from Latin currendō (“by running”), a form of the gerund of currō (“to run”). Wiktionary notes that it can also be read as the gerund of cure, an old and regional form of curge “to…