Romanian words first recorded in the 17th century

Its origin is uncertain: DEX calls it of unknown origin. DELR takes it as probably formed from Romanian *but- + -uc, a diminutive of an old base ⟨but-⟩, also present in butură and perhaps in bucium…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *siccita (“dryness, drought”), a form of siccitās (“dryness, drought”) made on its nominative. Pușcariu compared iuventa beside iuventās (“youth”), and the REW…

It is inherited from Latin computus (“calculation, reckoning”), probably through a popular variant *compitus. This is the view of Philippide, Șăineanu, Candrea and Densusianu, Tiktin, Ciorănescu and…

It is inherited from Latin boārius (“cowherd”), also written bovārius, an adjective “of cattle” formed on bōs (“ox, cow”). Candrea and Densusianu suppose that the Latin word first gave ⟨*buariu⟩…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *eccum hocce, the deictic particle eccum joined to *hocce, a form of hōc (“hither”) with the particle -ce. DELR names Hasdeu, Tiktin, Pușcariu, the DA and…

It is inherited from Latin brācae (“breeches, trousers”), a word Latin took from Celtic. The Latin word survives in every Romance language: Italian brache, French braies, and Spanish braga and…

It is inherited from Latin graulus (“crow”), a popular form of grāculus (“jackdaw”) recorded in the Latin glosses. Candrea started from *gravulus, and Wiktionary gives both this and *graulus. The…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *grevitātem, the popular form of Latin gravitās (“heaviness, weight”), according to MDA2, Pușcariu, Candrea–Densusianu and Wiktionary. Candrea–Densusianu add that…

It is inherited from Latin venetus (“sea-blue, bluish”). The Latin adjective first named the colour of the Blue faction of the circus, and is derived from Venetī (“the Veneti”). Under this Latin…

Its origin is disputed. Ciorănescu, Tiktin and DA take it as formed from Romanian în- + fund, literally “to put a bottom in”, and compare Latin infundō (“to pour into”) only as a parallel. MDA2…

Most dictionaries take it as inherited from Late Latin iniūriō (“to wrong, insult”), from Latin iniūrior (“to do an injury”), itself formed on iniūria (“injustice, wrong”). Tiktin and the DA add…

It is inherited from Latin assūdāre (“to sweat”), attested as adsūdāre, from ad- and sūdō (“to sweat”). Only Romanian kept the prefixed verb; the other Romance languages continue the simple verb…

Its origin is disputed, and DELR calls it uncertain. DELR gives two probable sources. The first is inherited from Latin viētus (“withered, shrivelled, weak”), proposed by Diez and Densusianu and…

It is inherited from Latin conforiō (“to befoul with excrement”), formed with con- on foriō, from foria (“diarrhoea”). The Latin verb is recorded only once, in Pomponius. The REW lists the Romanian…

The origin is disputed. Ciorănescu takes it as inherited from Vulgar Latin *pungulum, formed on pungō (“to prick”), the source also of Italian pungolo: ⟨*punglu⟩ would have become ⟨*glumpu⟩ by…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *infrontō, a verb built on frōns (“forehead”), according to most dictionaries. The DA notes that the other Romance languages formed *affrontō instead. Candrea and…

It is inherited from Late Latin minūtālia (“small things, minced meat”), a derivative of minūtus (“small”). MDA2 writes the Latin as minutolia. Romance cognates include Italian minutaglia, Catalan…

It is formed from Romanian oaie + -ar, as DEX, DLR and MDA2 give it. Tiktin compares boar and văcar, and allows a direct source in Latin oviārius (“of sheep”). Pascu derives it, with Aromanian uiar…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *pissiāre (“to piss”). The Latin verb is of echoic origin. It survives as Aromanian chish. Its Romance cognates include Italian pisciare and Old French pissier.

Its origin is disputed. The Academy dictionaries and DEX take it as inherited from Vulgar Latin *exfasciō, a verb formed on fasciō (“to wrap in bands”), from fascia (“band, strip”). Ciorănescu lists…

Its origin is not certain. The usual explanation makes it inherited from Vulgar Latin *orĭcō (“to rise”), a derivative of orior (“to rise, appear”). Ciorănescu lists Pușcariu, Tiktin, the REW…

It is either inherited from Late Latin venēnōsus (“poisonous”) or formed from Romanian venin + -os, and DEX, MDA2 and the DLR give both explanations. Pușcariu, Scriban and Șăineanu take it straight…

Its origin is disputed: DEX and MDA2 take it as inherited from Vulgar Latin *scaberāre, from scaber (“rough, scabby”). Ciorănescu prefers Latin excoriō (“to flay”), from corium (“hide, skin”)…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *umbulīcus, a variant of Latin umbilīcus (“navel”). The Vulgar Latin form, which many Romance dialects also require, has been explained by the influence of umbō…

The origin is uncertain. DELR thinks it probably from Vulgar Latin *bott- (“swollen, round object”), a base found in many Romance dialects: Italian botta (“toad”), abbottare (“to swell”), Old French…

It is inherited from Latin cōliculus (“small stalk; cabbage”), the form of cauliculus that already occurs in Latin, a diminutive of caulis (“stalk; cabbage”). Wiktionary sets up a spoken Latin…

It is inherited from Latin catella (“little bitch”), the feminine of catellus (“puppy”). The word survives south of the Danube: Aromanian cãtsauã and Megleno-Romanian cățăuă. Portuguese cadela has…

DEX, MDA2, the DLRM and Candrea and Densusianu derive it as inherited from Vulgar Latin *florilia, a form of Flōrālia, the Roman festival of Flora. The Latin name of the festival is formed on Flōra…

It is formed from Romanian păgân + -ătate, as MDA2, DEX and NODEX explain it. Others take it straight from Latin: Candrea and Densusianu derive it from Latin pāgānitās (“heathenism, paganism”)…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *dēradicō (“to uproot”), formed on rādīx (“root”) like ērādicō (“to uproot”), which gave ridica. The sense moved from “to uproot” to “to remove”, then to “to clean…

It is inherited from Latin futuō (“to have sex with (a woman)”). The verb survives in all four branches: Aromanian fut, Megleno-Romanian fut and the Istro-Romanian form. Its Romance cognates include…

It is formed from Romanian jura + -ător. Ciorănescu lists it among the derivatives of jura. Wiktionary compares Latin iūrātor (“official who took the sworn returns of taxpayers”), found in Plautus…

Its origin is unknown, as DEX, Tiktin and DLR say. DELR names as probable Giuglea's Latin *endrella, from ἔνδρυον (éndruon, “oaken peg”), the pin that fixes the yoke to the pole. Ciorănescu does not…

1. The word for the month is inherited from Late Latin Febrārius (“February”), from Latin Februārius. Candrea and Densusianu start from this popular form beside the classical one; the DA and DEX…

It is inherited from Latin lixīva (“lye”), the noun use of the adjective lixīvus (“made into lye”) used with aqua (“water”), from lixa (“water mixed with ashes”). The word survives in Istro-Romanian…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *assurdīre, formed on Latin surdus (“deaf”) in place of obsurdēscō (“to become deaf”). The verb survives in Aromanian asurdzãscu. Ciorănescu and the DA compare…

1. The word for the goatherd is inherited from Latin caprārius (“goatherd”). The Latin noun is formed on caper (“goat”) with the suffix -ārius, and Varro and Columella already use it for a goatherd…

DEX and MDA2 take it from Latin, as inherited from Vulgar Latin *disfasciō, from dis- and fasciō (“to swathe”), from fascia (“band, bandage”). Aromanian disfash has the same origin according to…

Its origin is uncertain: DEX 2009 and the DLR call it unknown. The explanation DELR names first makes it a formation from Romanian dez- + baieră (“string, tie”), like dezbăiera “to untie”, as…

It is borrowed from Old Church Slavonic довести (dovesti), first person singular доведѫ (dovedǫ), “to lead or bring somewhere; to demonstrate”, formed from до- (do-) and вести (vesti, “to lead”)…

It is inherited from Latin fascia (“band, bandage, swathe”), related to fascis (“bundle”). The word survives in all four branches: Aromanian fashe, Megleno-Romanian fașă and Istro-Romanian foșa. Its…

It is formed from Romanian fiind (“being”) + că (“that”), literally “being that”. The first part is the gerund of fi “to be”. The Lexicon de la Buda of 1825 compares the Italian phrase essendo che.

It is borrowed from Old Church Slavonic глоумъ (glumŭ), a masculine noun. DEX and MDA2 also name Bulgarian глума (gluma, “joke, jest”). Ciorănescu and the DA name the Slavonic word and compare the…

It is a verb from Romanian împrejur (“around”), formed like împreuna beside împreună. Ciorănescu traces the adverb to jur through the old form prejur, made with the preposition pre; the prefix în-…

It is probably inherited from Vulgar Latin *infasciolō (“to wrap in bands”), formed on fasciola (“small band”), the diminutive of fascia (“band, strip”). Pușcariu, Candrea and Densusianu and the DA…

It is formed from Romanian lovi + -tură, from the verb “to hit” with the suffix that makes nouns of action and result. The verb is from Old Church Slavonic ловити (loviti, “to catch, to hunt”).

It is formed from Romanian ori + ce, “whether, or” + “what”. DELR gives the variants orce and the old verice, built on veri, the older form of the disjunctive ori, which it derives from an old form…

It is inherited from Latin perlongus (“very long”), an intensive formed with per- on longus (“long”). Ciorănescu, who treats the word in the family of lung, gives first a formation from Romanian…

It is formed from Romanian ruga (“to ask, to pray”) + -ământ, according to DEX and NODEX; MDA2 starts from the noun rugă with the same suffix. Ciorănescu and Tiktin explain the feminine form: the…

It is borrowed from Old Church Slavonic школа (škola), as MDA2 and the DLR state. DEX names the modern Slavic languages instead: Bulgarian школа (škola), Serbo-Croatian škola, Russian школа (škola)…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *clagum (“rennet”), a form with metathesis of Latin quaglum or *caglum, the popular contractions of coāgulum (“rennet, curdled milk”). The Latin noun is formed on…

1. The word for chicory is inherited from Vulgar Latin *cichoria, a form taken from the plural of cichōrium, which comes from Ancient Greek κιχόριον (kikhórion, “chicory”). DELR writes the popular…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin ceresia (“cherries”), the later Latin form of cerasia, the plural of cerasium (“cherry”), which is from Ancient Greek κεράσιον (kerásion, “cherry”). The forms with…

It is inherited from Latin cotōneus (“of the quince”), from Ancient Greek κυδώνιος (kudṓnios, “Cydonian”), probably through a form Vulgar Latin *cottaneus crossed with cottana (“a small fig”). The…

The Academy dictionaries and Tiktin take it as formed from Romanian lăuda (“to praise”) + -ător. Ciorănescu instead derives it from Late Latin laudātōrius (“laudatory”), after the REW, and…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *expulverō (“to raise dust”), a reconstructed Latin verb from pulvis (“dust”). Romanian pulbere “dust” continues the same Latin noun. The verb survives south of the…

It is inherited from Latin turta (“round loaf, cake”). Ciorănescu takes it as a variant of torta, which most Romance forms continue; DEX marks it as a reconstructed form meaning “round bread”, and…

It is inherited from Latin cacō (“to defecate”). De Vaan calls the Latin verb a nursery word or an onomatopoeia, and compares Ancient Greek κακκάω (kakkáō). Wiktionary traces it to an imitative…

DEX, MDA2 and DLRM take it as formed from Romanian *cau + -uș, the base going back to cavus (“hollow”). Philippide gave this explanation first. Pușcariu and the DA saw instead an unattested verb…

It is inherited from Latin mānsum (“a stay”), the supine of maneō (“to remain, stay”), according to Tiktin, MDA2, the DLR and DEX. Ciorănescu takes it instead as a Romanian derivative of mânea “to…