Romanian words first recorded in the 16th century

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”)…

It is inherited from Latin Mārtis (“of Mars”), the genitive of Mārs in the phrase diēs Mārtis (“day of Mars”), with the word for “day” left out. The Latin name of the day is formed from diēs (“day”)…

It is inherited from Late Latin mēnsūrō (“to measure”), a verb first recorded in the 4th century and formed on mēnsūra (“measure”). Candrea–Densusianu, Tiktin and the REW take it straight from the…

It is inherited from Latin mediam noctem (“midnight”), the accusative of media nox, with nox (“night”). Ciorănescu treats it among the compounds of miez, from medius, whose feminine media survives…

It is inherited from Latin diēs Mercuriī (“day of Mercury”), with the name of the god Mercurius in the genitive. DEX, MDA2 and DLR start from the popular form mercuris, which Candrea and Densusianu…

Used as an adjective, it is the past participle from Romanian minuna (“to marvel; to amaze”). The verb is formed from minune “wonder, miracle”. The origin of the noun is uncertain. Candrea and…

Its origin is unclear: DEX and DLR call it of unknown origin, and Tiktin an inherited word whose source is obscure. Megleno-Romanian has the verb micicari. DER thinks it likely comes from mĭscīre…

It is formed from Romanian la mulți ani (“(to) many years!”), the wish for long life, as the DLR, MDA2, NODEX and Wiktionary explain it. The view goes back to Crețu and is followed by Tiktin, the…

It is borrowed from Old Church Slavonic мѫчити (mǫčiti, “to torture, torment”), with its reflexive мѫчити сѧ (mǫčiti sę), according to MDA2, the DLR, DLRLV, DEX and Tiktin. Ciorănescu instead lists…

Its origin is uncertain: DEX, MDA2 and the DLR call it of unknown origin. The proposals start from the old and dialect form mucica. For Tiktin and Capidan it is inherited from Vulgar Latin *muccicō…

It is inherited from Latin negōtium (“business, occupation”). The Latin noun is formed from nec (“not”) and ōtium (“leisure”). The REW lists the Romanian word with Occitan neotz. Pascu proposed a…

It is inherited from Latin nesciō (“I do not know”) in a Latin phrase meaning “I don't know who”. DEX, MDA2 and DLR analyse it as the verb with quī (“who”) and -ne. Tiktin and Scriban start from…

It is inherited from Latin nec aliubi (“nor elsewhere”), from nec (“nor, and not”) and aliubi (“elsewhere”), according to Pușcariu, Pascu, Tiktin and DEX. The adverb aiurea continues that Latin…

It is inherited from Latin nēmō (“nobody”), from its accusative nēminem. The Latin word is a contraction of an Old Latin phrase meaning no man, from nē (“not”) and the old form of homō (“man”)…

It is inherited from Latin nōs (“we, us”). The final /i/ is explained in different ways. Candrea and Densusianu see a regular change of final /s/ to /i/ in stressed monosyllables, as in trei and…

It is formed from Romanian nume + -i “to give a name”. The noun nume continues Latin nōmen (“name”). Ciorănescu explains the /u/ of the noun by the influence of număr or by an old confusion with…

It is formed from Romanian o + dinioară: the old adverb dinioară “once” preceded by o. The old adverb goes back to Latin dē (“from”) ūna (“one”) hōra (“hour”), “at one time”. Tiktin explains the…

It is a back-formation from Romanian omorî (“to kill”), a noun made from the verb without a suffix. The verb is from Old Church Slavonic оуморити (umoriti, “to kill”), from Proto-Slavic *umoriti.

It is borrowed from Old Church Slavonic оуморити (umoriti, “to kill”), a word of the Old Church Slavonic of the church books. Wiktionary takes the Romanian form from the variant оморити (omoriti)…

It is inherited from Late Latin hospitō (“to entertain as a guest”), a verb formed on Latin hospes (“guest; host”). Classical Latin had the deponent hospitor. Ciorănescu treats the verb as a…

It is the long infinitive of părea (“to seem”), formed from Romanian părea + -re and used as a noun. The verb is from Latin pāreō (“to appear”). Italian parere (“opinion”) is a parallel noun made…

It is inherited from Latin pāstor (“shepherd”). The Latin noun belongs to pāscō (“to graze, to pasture”). The regular outcome of the Latin accusative would have kept a final /e/; Ciorănescu explains…

It is inherited from Latin quattuor (“four”), reduced in popular speech to ⟨quattor⟩, the form found in inscriptions. The Latin numeral comes from Proto-Italic *kʷettwōr, from Proto-Indo-European…

It is the long infinitive of plăcea “to please”, used as a noun: formed from Romanian plăcea + -re. The verb continues Latin placeō (“to be pleasing”). The noun use of the infinitive is shared with…

It is inherited from Latin perambulō (“to walk through”), formed with per- (“through”) on ambulō (“to walk”). MDA2 gives the etymon as praeambulō. The older forms preumbla and primbla show the…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin plovō (“to rain”), the popular form of Classical pluō. The popular verb is attested in the imperfect in Petronius and lived on beside the classical one. Romanian…

It is borrowed from Old Church Slavonic поринѫти (porinǫti, “to push”), a word of Old Church Slavonic. Tiktin gives the source as probable. It goes back to Proto-Slavic *porinǫti. Ciorănescu…

It is formed from Romanian poveste (“story, tale”) + -i. Ciorănescu lists it among the derivatives of the noun, beside povestaș. The noun is from Old Church Slavonic повѣсть (pověstĭ, “tale…

It is probably inherited from Vulgar Latin *prigitō (“to hesitate”), a form with the consonants transposed, from Late Latin pīgritor (“to be slow”). Ciorănescu follows Candrea–Densusianu, an article…

Its origin is uncertain. DEX analyses it as from Romanian pre + tutindeni, the old form of the preposition pe “on, over” and an old adverb meaning “everywhere”, itself of Latin origin. Ciorănescu…

It is inherited from Latin pervigilō (“to stay awake all night”), with the syncopated Vulgar Latin form *perviglō. The Latin verb is formed with per- on vigilō (“to stay awake”), which gave the…

It is formed from Romanian privi (“to look”) + -re, the long infinitive of the verb used as a noun of action. The verb's own origin is uncertain: MDA2 and Wiktionary take it from Old Church Slavonic…

It is borrowed from Old Church Slavonic простъ (prostŭ, “simple, plain, sincere”), from Proto-Slavic *prostъ (“simple, straight”). The Slavic adjective is a compound of the prefix *pro- and a form…

It is formed from Romanian prost + -ie. The adjective prost is from Old Church Slavonic простъ (prostŭ, “simple”), from Proto-Slavic *prostъ. Its first senses, “simple, plain, common”, are old, and…

It is inherited from Latin pulverem (“dust”), the accusative case of the Latin noun. Aromanian has pulbire. The Romance cognates include Dalmatian pulvro, Italian polvere, Occitan poldra, French…

It is inherited from Latin pugnus (“fist”). The word survives in all four branches: Aromanian pulmu, Megleno-Romanian pulm and Istro-Romanian pumnu. The Aromanian and Megleno-Romanian forms were…

Its origin is unknown: DEX 2009, MDA2 and the DLR leave it open. It survives south of the Danube: Aromanian aravdu. Ciorănescu proposes Vulgar Latin *reemendō (“to make better”), beside Spanish…

It is borrowed from Old Church Slavonic рѧдъ (rędŭ, “row, order”), a loan from the Slavonic of the church and chancery. The Slavonic word continues Proto-Slavic *rędъ (“row, line”). DEX and Scriban…

1. The word for laughter is inherited from Latin rīsus (“laughter”). The Latin noun was formed on rīdeō (“to laugh”). The Romanian verb from that root is râde. It survives in Aromanian arãs. The…

It is inherited from Latin respōnsum (“answer, reply”), a noun made from the past participle of respondeō (“to answer”). Ciorănescu lists it among the derivatives of răspunde but also takes it from…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *radia, a plural of Latin radius (“ray of light; spoke”) taken as a feminine singular. DEX and MDA2 give the same etymon. Its cognate south of the Danube is…

It is inherited from Latin rogō (“to ask”). Wiktionary traces the Latin verb to Proto-Indo-European *h₃roǵ-, an ablaut grade of *h₃reǵ- (“to stretch out”), with a shift from “stretch out (one's…

It is formed from Romanian rugină + -os, from the noun for rust. Wiktionary notes that it corresponds to Latin aerūginōsus (“covered with verdigris, rusty”) or to rūbīginōsus, but takes it as a…

Ciorănescu takes it as inherited from Vulgar Latin *sambatum (“Saturday”), the form with /m/ of Latin sabbatum. Wiktionary gives the feminine *sambata as the immediate source. The same nasal form…

It is inherited from Latin sānitās (“health”), continued in its accusative sānitātem. The Latin noun is formed on sānus (“healthy, sound”) with the suffix -tās. The word survives south of the…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *sānitōsus (“healthy”), a form not recorded in Latin texts, built on sānitās (“health”) with the adjective suffix -ōsus. The Latin noun comes from sānus (“healthy…

It is inherited from Latin sarcina (“pack, bundle, burden”). The Latin noun is related to sarciō (“to patch, mend”) and is traced to Proto-Indo-European *serḱ-. The word survives south of the Danube…

It is inherited from Late Latin excaldō (“to put in warm water”). Ciorănescu follows Diez, Pușcariu, the REW and Rosetti in this. The Latin verb is formed with ex- on caldus (“warm, hot”), the…

It is inherited from Latin scrīptūra (“writing”). Aromanian scriptură is the same word. Its Romance cognates include Italian scrittura, French écriture, Occitan escritura, Catalan escriptura…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *exmulgō, formed with ex- on Latin mulgeō (“to milk”). Wiktionary also allows a change of prefix in ēmulgeō (“to milk out”). The old participle smult continues…

Its origin is uncertain. The usual explanation is inherited from Vulgar Latin *expavīmen, a derivative of expaveō (“to be terrified”), proposed by Cipariu, Pușcariu and Tiktin. Ciorănescu finds that…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *expendiolō (“to hang”), a derivative of Latin pendeō (“to hang, be suspended”) that the DEX gives as probable and MDA2, the DLR and NODEX accept. Ciorănescu…

It is formed from Romanian ști + -ință, like voință from voi. Ciorănescu, following Tiktin, also allows a direct descent from Latin scientia (“knowledge”), a word the REW does not record in…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *stimulāria, formed on stimulus (“goad”). DER, after Tiktin and the REW, derives it from the verb stimulō (“to goad”). Cihac reconstructed a Latin type in ⟨-aris⟩…

It is inherited from Latin sūdōrem (“sweat”). The Latin noun is formed on sūdō (“to sweat”) and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *sweyd- (“to sweat”). It survives in Aromanian asudoari. Romance…

It is inherited from Latin sufflō (“to blow, puff up”). The Latin verb is formed from sub- and flō (“to blow”). It survives south of the Danube: Aromanian suflu and Megleno-Romanian suflu. Its…

It is inherited from Latin superō (“to surpass, overcome”). Ciorănescu lists the scholars who held this view, from Cipariu and Cihac to Pușcariu, Pascu and the REW. The verb survives as Aromanian…

It is inherited from Latin suppōnō (“to place under; to subject”), formed with sub- (“under”) on pōnō (“to put, place”). Ciorănescu follows Pușcariu, Candrea and Densusianu and the REW. The REW…