Romanian words first recorded in the 17th century

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…

Ciorănescu, Tiktin, the REW and Wiktionary take it as inherited from Latin scrobis (“ditch, pit”), through a form *scorbis with the /r/ moved. The ending is explained by a Latin diminutive *scorbula…

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…

Its origin is disputed. Most dictionaries hold that it is inherited from Latin boreās (“north wind”), which is from Ancient Greek βορέας (boréās). This is Densusianu's proposal, adopted by Pascu…

It is inherited from Latin petīgō (“scab, skin eruption”), from its accusative, a popular form of impetīgō. The Latin noun is an old word, recorded in Lucilius, beside dēpetīgō in Cato and the…

It is formed from Romanian ploaie (“rain”) + -os. Scriban compares Latin pluviōsus (“rainy”), and Cihac took it from that word. Candrea and Densusianu reconstruct an inherited Vulgar Latin *plojosus…

It is a back-formation from Romanian urî (“to hate”). The verb continues Vulgar Latin *horriō, a popular form of horreō (“to bristle, shudder at”) and horrēscō. Wiktionary compares the same shift of…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *atteneō (“to hold to”), a remaking of classical attineō (“to hold, keep”) after its base teneō (“to hold”). The Latin verb is formed with ad-. Romance cognates are…

Most dictionaries trace it to a Latin phrase, inherited from Latin cāseum ligat (“(he) ties up the cheese”), that is, he gives up cheese. Tiktin preferred the imperative cāseum ligā (“tie up the…

It is inherited from Late Latin caecia (“dimness of the eyes”), a Late Latin noun recorded in the glosses, derived from caecus (“blind”). The Latin adjective goes back to Proto-Indo-European…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *colastra, a form of Latin colostra (“beestings”) (also colostrum), a pastoral word of obscure origin. Ciorănescu takes corastră as the regular outcome, with…

It is inherited from Latin, but the dictionaries name two different Latin adjectives. According to DEX, MDA2, the DA, Candrea and Densusianu and CADE, it is inherited from Vulgar Latin *fragidus, a…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *intenuō (“to make thin”), formed on tenuō (“to make thin, weaken”). Ciorănescu, following Tiktin, Candrea–Densusianu, the REW, the DAR and Rosetti, gives the plain…

It is formed from Romanian lat (“wide”) + -i. Ciorănescu compares Latin lātēscō (“to become broad”), after Pușcariu (article 48) and Candrea–Densusianu (956). Candrea–Densusianu reconstruct Vulgar…

It is inherited from Latin piscōsus (“teeming with fish”), formed in Latin on piscis (“fish”) with the suffix -ōsus. The DLR and MDA2 derive it instead from pește within Romanian. Tiktin explains…

In DEX, MDA2 and the DLR it is inherited from Vulgar Latin *puppō (“to suck”), a verb from *puppa (“teat, breast”). Pușcariu proposed this etymon in 1905, and Candrea and Densusianu compare Italian…

It is inherited from Latin rōrō (“to drip with dew”), from rōs (“dew”). DEX says the verb was remade after rouă, and Tiktin explains the split of the stem vowel as in that noun; the old (în)roa is a…

It is probably inherited from Latin siccātiō (“a drying”), as DEX, Tiktin, Scriban and Șăineanu have it. The Latin noun is built on siccō (“to dry”) with the suffix -tiō. Ciorănescu reports that…

DEX, Șăineanu and Wiktionary take it as inherited from Vulgar Latin *extrāpungō, with the prefix extrā- put in place of the one in *trānspungō, from Latin pungō (“to prick”). Papahagi derives…

It is inherited from Latin manica (“sleeve”), formed on manus (“hand”). It survives in all four branches: Aromanian mãnicã, Megleno-Romanian mǫnică and Istro-Romanian mărecă. Its Romance cognates…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *astru(i)cāre, a derivative of astruō (“to build on, add by building”), which is ad- + struō (“to pile up, build”). Meyer-Lübke and the DA explain the sense “to…

It is formed from Romanian boci + -et, like plânset from plânge and râset from râde. Giuglea proposed instead Vulgar Latin *vōcitum, which Ciorănescu finds unnecessary. The verb goes back through…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *dērāmō (“to strip of branches”), formed on rāmus (“branch”). DELR notes that the verb is attested in Jerome's psalter in the sense “to uproot”, a reading later…

It is formed from Romanian fi + -ință, from the verb “to be”. Ciorănescu bases it on the gerund ⟨fiind⟩, with the suffix as in ușurință, cuviință and cerință. Pușcariu and the DA derive it instead…

Its Latin source is disputed. In the Academy dictionaries it is inherited from Vulgar Latin *fragmentō (“to break into pieces”), formed on fragmentum (“fragment”). The DA explains that the original…

It is inherited from Latin fūlīgō (“soot”), from its accusative fūlīginem. It survives in Aromanian furidzinã, also ⟨fulidzine⟩. Its Romance cognates include Italian fuliggine, Spanish hollín and…

It is probably inherited from Vulgar Latin *gratārium, from *gratis, a variant of Latin crātis (“wickerwork, hurdle”). Pușcariu, the DA and CADE start instead from *gratālis, formed on the same…

It is generally taken as inherited from Vulgar Latin *impleniō, a verb formed on plēnus (“full”). Ciorănescu names Densusianu, Candrea–Densusianu and Pușcariu for this etymon, while Cihac derived…

It is inherited from Latin manuclus (“handful, sheaf”), a late form of manipulus (“handful, bundle”). Wiktionary gives the late form as Late Latin manuculus, refashioned so that it seemed to end in…

It is inherited from Latin nigritia (“blackness”), or a derivative from Romanian negru + -eață: DEX, DLR and MDA2 give both explanations. Tiktin, Pușcariu, Candrea and Densusianu and the REW take…

The dictionaries name several sources: DEX 2009 and the neologism dictionaries say it is borrowed from French planète and Latin planēta; MDA2 adds German Planet, and Marcu and Maneca put the Latin…

It is inherited from Latin sternūtō (“to sneeze”), the frequentative of sternuō (“to sneeze”). Ciorănescu cites Meyer, Pascu and the REW for it. Its variants include stărnuta and strenuta. The verb…

It is inherited from Latin inflō (“to blow into, inflate”). The Latin verb is formed from in- and flō (“to blow”). The verb survives in all four branches: Aromanian umflu, Megleno-Romanian amflu and…

DEX and Tiktin take it as inherited from Latin vīcīnitās (“neighbourhood, nearness”), and Ciorănescu lists it under vecin as possibly from the Latin accusative vīcīnitātem, following Pușcariu. The…

DEX, Tiktin and CADE take it as inherited from Vulgar Latin *disiugāre (“to unyoke”), formed dis- and iugō (“to yoke”), the verb of iugum (“yoke”). MDA2 names instead the Latin disiungō (“to…

DELR, MDA2, DEX and the DLR take it as inherited from Latin discingō (“to ungird”), from dis- and cingō (“to gird”). DELR compares Italian discingere, Old French déceindre, Occitan descenher…

It is formed from Romanian des- + astupa, the prefix taking the place of the ⟨a-⟩ of the verb it undoes. astupa is from Vulgar Latin *adstuppō, from stuppa (“tow”). Ciorănescu also considers a Latin…

Its origin is disputed. The usual view, given by DEX 2009 and NODEX, is that it is inherited from Vulgar Latin *inviō (“to compel”). The DA explains that verb, after Pușcariu, as formed on the stem…

It is a compound, from Latin post (“after”) + māne (“in the morning; tomorrow”). Ciorănescu lists it among the compounds of mâine, with poi from post, as in apoi and păi. It is found south of the…

Ciorănescu, after Candrea and Rosetti, takes it as inherited from Vulgar Latin *summicēlla, a diminutive formed on summa (“top, summit”). Tiktin gives this explanation as one of two possible ones…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *subgluttiō (“to hiccup, sob”). Tiktin explains the Vulgar Latin verb as a cross of singultō (“to sob, hiccup”) with gluttiō (“to swallow”), with the obscure ⟨sin-⟩…

It is a compound from Romanian une + ori (“times”). ⟨Une⟩ is the old feminine plural of the indefinite article un, now unele, and ⟨ori⟩ is the plural of oară (“time, occasion”). The noun is from…

It is probably inherited from Vulgar Latin *caballāricius, a derivative of Latin caballus (“horse”), as Candrea and Densusianu proposed and DEX, MDA2 and Wiktionary accept. Candrea and Densusianu…

Ciorănescu derives it from Romanian foaie + -i, from the noun for “leaf”, and calls the older derivation from foale “bellows” or from a Latin verb a mistake (against Cihac, Schuchardt…

It is inherited from Latin fricō (“to rub”). Wiktionary takes the Latin verb as an intensive popular form of friō. The word survives south of the Danube: Aromanian frec and Megleno-Romanian frec…

It is formed from Romanian frige + -are. Ciorănescu and Scriban compare nouns of the same type such as vânzare and crezare; the DA adds the model of grătar, and Tiktin that of căldare. Ciorănescu…

It is inherited from Latin frūctus (“enjoyment, produce, fruit”), used in Romanian in the general sense “produce”. It survives as Istro-Romanian frupt. The Aromanian word for “fruit”, frut, has a…

It is probably inherited from Latin lāmina (“thin sheet of metal; bar of precious metal”), so that the old phrases for pure gold and silver first meant “bar gold”, “bar silver”. Ciorănescu accepts…

In the modern language it is borrowed from French million. Ciorănescu adds that it came partly through Polish milion in the 17th century. For the older writers the DLR names several sources: Modern…

It is a learned word with several sources, the usual case for Romanian neologisms: DEX and DLR give its sources as borrowed from Latin musica, Italian musica, French musique and German Musik, and…

It is formed from Romanian noroc (“luck”) + -os. The noun is from Old Church Slavonic нарокъ (narokŭ, “sentence, decree”), from на- (na-) and рокъ (rokŭ).

It is formed from Romanian pădure + -os. Candrea and Densusianu and the REW derive it instead from Latin palūdōsus (“marshy”) through a form *padulosus, comparing Tuscan paduloso; Tiktin allows this…

It is inherited from Latin pectinō (“to comb”), the verb formed in Latin on pecten (“comb”). Ciorănescu lists it among the derivatives of pieptene “comb”, from Latin pĕctĭnem, but adds that it may…

It is inherited from Latin pontem (“bridge”). DER cites Pușcariu, Candrea–Densusianu and the REW. De Vaan traces the Latin word, which also meant “plank”, to a Proto-Italic stem and a…

It is inherited from Latin rīpa (“bank”). The Latin noun meant “river bank”; de Vaan and Wiktionary trace it to Proto-Indo-European *h₁réyp-eh₂ (“steep slope”), from *h₁reyp- (“to tear, tear down”)…

1. The word for the sheatfish is borrowed from Old Church Slavonic сомъ (somŭ). Ciorănescu cites the Russian form, and MDA2 compares Ukrainian сом (som), Serbo-Croatian сом (som) and Bulgarian сом…

It is inherited from Latin tussiō (“to cough”), which is formed on tussis (“cough”), the source of Romanian tuse. Pușcariu and the REW give the same etymon. The verb survives south of the Danube as…

Its origin is uncertain: DEX calls it of unknown origin, and DELR thinks it most probably inherited, though disputed, and certainly from the same base as sumuța and muța. The sources name three…

It is formed from Romanian casă + -ar, according to MDA2, and DELR lists it in the family of the noun. Candrea and Densusianu and Wiktionary take it instead from Latin casārius, which named a…

It is inherited from Late Latin impālō (“to fix with stakes”), formed with in- on pālus (“stake”). The Latin verb is recorded in the law codes of the Burgundians and other Germanic peoples. Candrea…