Romanian words first recorded in the 16th century

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…

It is inherited from Latin contrībulō (“to crush, tread down”), formed from con- and trībulō (“to thresh, crush”), which gave treiera. The Latin verb comes from trībulum, the heavy board dragged…

It is inherited from Late Latin discarricō (“to unload”), a verb formed on carricō (“to load”) with the prefix dis-. The latter goes back to Latin carrus (“wagon”), a word of Gaulish origin. DER and…

1. The word for building is inherited from Latin dolō (“to hew, chop into shape”). The older sense survives in Aromanian durari, first person dor, “to cut wood, carve”. Ciorănescu compares Albanian…

It is inherited from Latin pharmacum (“drug, magic potion”), from Ancient Greek φάρμακον (phármakon, “drug, poison, charm”). Pușcariu, Candrea–Densusianu, Philippide and Rosetti take this Latin…

It is inherited from Latin fabricō (“to fashion, forge”), a verb made from fabrica (“workshop, craft”), a derivative of faber (“craftsman, smith”). Ciorănescu follows Candrea and Densusianu, the…

It is formed from Romanian farmec + -a, from the noun meaning “spell, charm”: DEX, MDA2 and Ciorănescu all treat it as a derivative of the noun. Tiktin, Candrea–Densusianu and several older…

It is inherited from Latin fera (“wild animal”). Ciorănescu gives Aromanian hiară, although Pușcariu notes that Papahagi did not know it. Romance cognates include Italian fera, Spanish fera and…

It is inherited from Latin ferrum (“iron”). The word survives in all four branches: Aromanian her, Megleno-Romanian ier and Istro-Romanian fľer. Its Romance cognates include Italian ferro, Dalmatian…

Its origin is disputed: Tiktin calls it unknown, and DEX and MDA2 only compare Albanian floere. NODEX calls it a native word. Ciorănescu takes it as a back-formation from Romanian fluiera (“to…

It is inherited from Latin frīgus (“cold, frost”). The plural friguri “fever” continues a Latin use: Celsus already used the noun for the shivering of fever, and its plural is recorded with the…

It is inherited from Latin fūnis (“rope, cable”) (accusative ⟨fūnem⟩). The old form was fune. The origin of the Latin word is uncertain: de Vaan suggests an o-grade derivative of the root of fīlum…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *fūrō (“to steal”), the active counterpart of the deponent Latin fūror (“to steal”). The Latin verb is formed on fūr (“thief”). The verb survives in all four…

Its origin is uncertain; the DA and Wiktionary call it unknown. It may be borrowed from Old Church Slavonic гасити (gasiti, “to extinguish”), which MDA2 gives as the etymon and DEX compares: the…

It is inherited from Late Latin genuculum (“knee”), an alteration of geniculum (“little knee”), the diminutive of genū (“knee”). The diminutive replaced the plain Latin word for “knee” entirely in…

It is inherited from Latin gēns (“race, nation, people”), from its accusative gentem. Wiktionary posits a Vulgar Latin *gentum, with a change of declension that made the word neuter. The Latin noun…

It is formed from Romanian greu (“heavy”) + -eață, like dulceață. Ciorănescu prefers the feminine grea as the base. An older view derives it directly from Latin: Pușcariu, Candrea and Densusianu and…

It is formed from Romanian greși + -eală, the suffix of nouns of action. The verb greși “to sin, to err” is from Old Church Slavonic грѣшити (grěšiti, “to sin”), from грѣхъ (grěxŭ, “sin”)…

It is borrowed from Bulgarian грозен (grozen, “ugly, terrifying”), as DEX, MDA2, DLRM and Wiktionary give it. Tiktin, CADE and Șăineanu derive it instead from Old Church Slavonic грозьнъ (grozĭnŭ…

It is borrowed from Byzantine Greek εὐθηνός (euthēnós), which Tiktin and the DA call Medieval Greek; MDA2 writes the same form as Modern Greek, and DEX and Ciorănescu name Modern Greek εὐθινός…

It is inherited from Latin hībernō (“to spend the winter”), a verb formed on hībernus (“of winter”). DEX also allows a Romanian formation on iarnă. The word survives south of the Danube as Aromanian…

It is inherited from Late Latin ab ante (“before”) with the Romanian prefix în- added, according to Ciorănescu and Wiktionary. DEX and MDA2 give a Latin compound in ab ante directly. Ciorănescu…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *inaltiō (“to raise”), formed on altus (“high”). Ciorănescu gives three possibilities: an inner derivative of înalt, or a Latin *altiāre (Diez, Pușcariu), or the…

It is formed from Romanian înalt (“high”) + -ime, the suffix of abstract nouns. The adjective înalt continues from Latin altus (“high”); its initial ⟨în-⟩ has been explained by in altō used as an…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *incaballicō (“to mount a horse”), a prefixed form of caballicō (“to ride”), from caballus (“horse, nag”). Ciorănescu, Tiktin, the DA and the REW start from the…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *incalciō (“to put shoes on”), formed with in- beside Latin calceō (“to shoe”), according to DER, Candrea–Densusianu, the DA and MDA2. The REW lists the Romanian…

It is inherited from Latin incalēscō (“to grow warm”), which passed into the fourth conjugation, as Latin inchoative verbs did in Romanian. MDA2 gives the same etymon, and Tiktin starts from the…

It is inherited from Latin inclīnō (“to bend, bow, incline”). The Latin verb is formed from in- and clīnō (“to bend”). The verb survives in all four branches: Aromanian ncljin, also ncl'inare in the…

It is formed from Romanian în- + conjura, the second part being an old verb meaning “to go round”, recorded in the Psaltirea Scheiană. That verb is from Latin congȳrō (“to make a circle about”)…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *in-contra-ubi (“towards where”), a phrase of in (“in”), contrā (“against, towards”) and ubi (“where”). Ciorănescu, following Philippide and Tiktin, starts from…

It is a Romanian formation, from Romanian în- + doi (“two”). Graur lists it among the Romanian formations on the descendants of Latin duo. Tiktin notes that the sense “to doubt” developed the same…

It is formed from Romanian în- + drăzni, the old verb “to dare” being from Old Church Slavonic дрьзнѫти (drĭznǫti, “to take courage, to dare”). Ciorănescu takes the whole verb straight from the…

It is inherited from Latin ānellus (“little ring”), a diminutive of ānulus (“ring”). Latin unstressed /a/ before /n/ gave /ɨ/, which became /i/ when /e/ followed in the next syllable. The stressed…

It is inherited from Latin fasciāre (“to swathe, bandage”), from fascia (“band, swaddling band”). The DEX, Candrea and Densusianu and Wiktionary give the prefixed *infasciāre instead or beside it…

It is inherited from Latin īnfrēnō (“to bridle”). MDA2 marks the Latin form as reconstructed. Ciorănescu lists it among the derivatives of frâu “bridle”, but notes that Pușcariu, Candrea and…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *ingrossiāre, from grossus (“thick”), according to MDA2, the DA, Candrea–Densusianu and Wikționar. Candrea–Densusianu compare Old French engroissier, Occitan…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *notō (“to swim”), the form behind most Romance verbs for swimming, used instead of Latin natō, the classical form. The DEX and DLRM give it as a popular Latin…

The sources divide between a Latin verb and a Romanian formation. The REW and Wiktionary make it inherited from Vulgar Latin *insignō (“to mark”), the source of Italian insegnare, French enseigner…

Its origin is disputed. The usual explanation is inherited from Vulgar Latin *antaneus, a metathesis of *anteanus (“former, prior”), from Latin ante (“before”); this is the etymon of DEX, MDA2 and…

Its origin is uncertain. Most etymologists, among them Pușcariu, the DA and Rosetti, take it as inherited from Vulgar Latin *intemplō or *templō, a verb formed on Latin templum (“space of sky marked…

It is inherited from Latin intellectiō (“understanding, knowledge”), through its accusative intellectiōnem. The DA glosses the Latin word “knowledge, explanation”. It was formed with -tiō on…

It is inherited from Latin intrō (“to go into, enter”). Wiktionary takes the modern form as a change of the original întra. The first person singular is Aromanian întru, Megleno-Romanian antru and…

It is the long infinitive of întreba “to ask”, used as a noun: from Romanian întreba + -re. The verb continues Latin interrogō (“to ask, question”); the change of /g/ to /b/, also seen in limbă from…

It is inherited from Latin integrum (“untouched, whole”), the accusative form. The DA analyses the Latin adjective as in- (“not”) and the stem of tangō (“to touch”). The ⟨r⟩ moved early, before the…

It is formed from Romanian în + tuneric, from the old noun for “darkness”, used after the prepositions de, din, în, întru and prin. Tuneric is from Latin tenebricus (“dark, gloomy”), an adjective…

It is inherited from Latin diēs Iovis (“day of Jupiter”), with the noun “day” left out. Iovis is the genitive of Iuppiter (“Jupiter”). The word survives south of the Danube: Aromanian gioi and…

It is inherited from Latin iūdicō (“to judge”). The Latin verb is made from iūdex (“judge”), a compound of iūs (“law”) with the root of dīcō (“to say”). It survives in all four branches: Aromanian…

It is inherited from Latin lacrimō (“to shed tears, weep”), from lacrima (“tear”). Pușcariu (EWRS no. 933), Candrea and Densusianu and the DA take it straight from the Latin verb; Ciorănescu treats…

It is inherited from Latin languidus (“faint, weak”). The Latin adjective is formed from langueō (“to be faint, weary”) with the suffix -idus. Ciorănescu notes that among the Romance languages only…

It is formed from Romanian lăsa (“to leave, let go”) + -ăciune. lăsa continues Latin laxō (“to loosen”). Candrea–Densusianu derive the noun from Latin laxātiō (“loosening”), with the same shift of…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *laceus, the popular form of Latin laqueus (“loop of rope, noose, snare”). Ciorănescu and the Academy dictionary give the classical form itself, citing Diez…

It is a back-formation from Romanian lăuda (“to praise”). The verb continues Latin laudō (“to praise”). Tiktin and Ciorănescu leave open whether the noun is formed on the verb or continues inherited…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *lūcōrem (“brightness”), from Latin lūceō (“to shine”). DEX gives the Latin noun as lucor. DELI records the Latin noun as a late word, from the 6th century. The…

It is inherited from Late Latin lūmināria, the neuter plural of lūmināre (“light, lamp”), from lūmen (“light”). Ciorănescu and Tiktin give the Latin singular as the etymon, and Ciorănescu notes that…

It is inherited from Latin lunter (“small boat”), a popular variant of linter (“trough; skiff”). De Vaan gives the Latin word no etymology; Wiktionary compares Ancient Greek πλυντήρ (pluntḗr) and…

It is inherited from Latin medulla (“marrow, pith”). The Latin word gave măduă, and the hiatus was then filled by /v/ (elsewhere /h/ or /g/), as in văduvă. Candrea and Densusianu explain the shift…

It is inherited from Latin māne (“in the morning, early”). The Latin word was an adverb meaning “early in the day”, and Wiktionary traces it to Proto-Indo-European *meh₂- (“to ripen, mature”)…