Romanian words first recorded in the 17th century

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…

It is a compound from Romanian pre + între (“between”), the first part being the older form of the preposition pe. Ciorănescu lists it among the derivatives of the second part and takes it as…

It is a singular formed from Romanian ram “branch”, from its plural ⟨ramuri⟩. Ciorănescu follows Byck and Graur, Rosetti and Graur here, and for the neuter plural compares the old Italian plural…

It is a loan with several sources, all going back to Latin. DEX and the neologism dictionaries take it borrowed from German Spital, and Wiktionary adds that German explains above all the variant…

It is a compound from Romanian tot + și, “all” and “also”. Ciorănescu lists it among the derivatives of tot, with the same ending as același. Old Romanian added și to pronouns and adverbs to…

It is a compound from Romanian unde + va, “where” and the indefinite element va. That element is the popular third person singular present of vrea “to want”, and it formed other indefinite words in…

DELR gives two explanations. It may be inherited from Latin argentārius (“money-changer; of silver”), from argentum (“silver”): so Tiktin, Candrea–Densusianu, the REW, the DA and Scriban. The Latin…

It is inherited from Latin cēnō (“to dine”). The Latin verb is formed on cēna (“dinner”), which gave the Romanian noun cină. DELR calls the verb pan-Romance. It survives in all four branches…

The DA, Tiktin and DLRM see it as inherited from Vulgar Latin *imprendō, a compound of prendō (“to seize”); the DA compares Late Latin imprensibilis. MDA2 explains it instead as a formation from…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *quetus (“quiet, calm”), the popular form of Classical quiētus, with the prefix în- added later in Romanian. Ciorănescu compares împrejur and înainte for the…

It is inherited from Latin mediam diem (“midday”), with media and diēs (“day”). Ciorănescu lists it among the compounds of miez, from medius. It survives south of the Danube: Aromanian njadzã-dzuã…

It is borrowed from Latin modus (“measure; manner, way”). MDA2 and the DLR give Latin, Italian modo and French mode together, Wiktionary French alone, and Tiktin says the Latin word came by several…

1. The word for the blackberry bush is inherited from Latin mōrus (“mulberry tree”). Pușcariu, Candrea–Densusianu and the REW give the same etymon. The Latin word is compared with Ancient Greek…

Its origin is uncertain: DEX, DLR and MDA2 call it of unknown origin. Pușcariu, Tiktin and the REW take it as inherited from Vulgar Latin *nigellīna, through a form *niglīna, built on Late Latin…

It is formed from Romanian nor + -os “cloud” with the adjective suffix. The noun is inherited from Latin nūbilus (“cloudy”). Candrea and Densusianu took the adjective from nūbilōsus, its sound shape…

It is formed from Romanian salcie + -iu, according to DEX, NODEX, the DLR and MDA2. Ciorănescu finds the link with the willow evident, through the bitter taste of the willow leaf, as Pușcariu and…

It is inherited from Latin scandula (“shingle”). The word survives in Aromanian scãndurã and Megleno-Romanian scǫndură. Its Romance cognates include Catalan escandia, Spanish escanda and Portuguese…

It is inherited from Latin vīpera (“viper”) in DEX, MDA2 and Pușcariu's dictionary. Tiktin doubts that it is inherited, and Ciorănescu notes that it appears only in the 17th century and is missing…

It is probably inherited from Vulgar Latin *disvolvō, from volvō (“to roll, to unroll”) with dis-, according to the Lexicon de la Buda, Hasdeu, Candrea and Densusianu, CADE and Scriban as DELR lists…

It is formed from Romanian fiert + -ură, from the past participle of fierbe “to boil”. Wiktionary also allows *fertura, a contraction of a participial noun formed on Latin ferveō (“to boil”). The…

It is inherited from Latin forficem (“shears, scissors”), the accusative of the noun. Ciorănescu thinks the word was first a plural only, and that the feminine foarfecă is a later singular made on…

It is inherited from Latin fugāx (“apt to flee, swift”) in the view of DEX, MDA2, Tiktin and Candrea–Densusianu. The Latin adjective is formed on fugiō (“to flee”) with the suffix -āx (“inclined…

It is inherited from Latin gustus (“taste”), from Proto-Italic *gustus and Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus (“taste”). It survives in Aromanian as gustu and in Istro-Romanian as gust. Its Romance…

Ciorănescu and Tiktin treat it as a formation from Romanian în- + pană (“feather; wedge”), whose senses follow those of the noun: “feather”, “strip of bacon”, “plume of feathers” and “wedge”. The…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *incurrāre (“to make run”), a factitive of Latin currō (“to run”), as Pușcariu proposed in the journal Dacoromania and the DA and DER accept. DEX and MDA2 give the…

Its origin is uncertain: DEX and Wiktionary derive it inherited from Vulgar Latin *intītiō, formed on tītiō (“firebrand”), and MDA2 gives that etymon with a reservation. The idea goes back to…

In most accounts it is inherited from Vulgar Latin *agnicius (“of a lamb”), formed on agnus (“lamb”). Scriban starts from *lāna agnicia (“lamb's wool”), which he thinks became ⟨*amniță⟩ and then…

It is probably inherited from Latin pergula, which meant a projection on the front of a building and, according to Du Cange, also a small beam. Ciorănescu follows Pascu and Scriban here. Scriban…

DEX, MDA2, the DLR and Tiktin take it as a formation from Romanian piele + -ar, “one who works hides”. Candrea–Densusianu and Șăineanu derive it from Latin pellārius (“furrier”), and the REW lists…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *reniclus, from Latin rēniculus (“little kidney”), a diminutive of rēn (“kidney”). Ciorănescu cites Pușcariu and the REW for this etymology. It survives south of…

It is inherited from Latin rūmigō (“to chew the cud”), a late Latin verb. The Latin verb is formed on rūmen (“throat, gullet”) with the verb suffix -igō. Ungureanu notes that the grammarian Caper…

It is inherited from Latin scarpinō (“to scratch, scrape”), a Late and Vulgar Latin verb of uncertain origin. Tiktin notes that the Romanian vowel /i/ points to a Vulgar Latin variant with a long ī…

It is borrowed from Old Church Slavonic соукати (sukati, “to twist, to spin”), a borrowing from the Slavonic of the church and chancery. MDA2 also names the form соучы (sučy). Ciorănescu gives the…

It is inherited from Latin versus (“line, row, verse”). The Latin noun comes from vertō (“to turn”). Pușcariu lists Italian verso, French vers, Spanish vierso and Portuguese verso as cognates, and…

It is inherited from Latin annō tertiō (“in the third year”), the ablative of annus (“year”) with tertius (“third”). Counting inclusively, the third year back is two years ago. The REW lists Romansh…

It is inherited from Latin armus (“shoulder or upper arm of an animal”). Latin ⟨armus⟩ continues an Indo-European word for ⟨arm⟩, and de Vaan reconstructs Proto-Indo-European *h₂erH-mo-. It survives…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *baba (“slobber”), a word found across Romance. DELR sees in it an expressive creation, compare the syllable ⟨bab-⟩ used of babbling and the lips. The regular…

It is inherited from Latin vissiō (“to break wind softly”), the Late Latin form of vīsiō. It survives south of the Danube: Aromanian bes and Megleno-Romanian bes. Romance cognates are Old French…

Its origin is uncertain, and the dictionaries weigh several proposals. For Pușcariu, followed by Ciorănescu and Tiktin, it is inherited from Vulgar Latin *verrūcāta (“having bumps”), formed on Latin…

Its origin is uncertain. DEX, the DA, Tiktin and Ciorănescu take it as formed from Romanian bulbuc (“bubble”) + -a. Ciorănescu treats the noun as an expressive creation, in which a root for…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *capitō (“to take, to come to the end”), a verb the sources reconstruct; the compound incapitō is recorded in the Latin glossaries. Most authorities, from Diez and…

It is inherited from Latin capisterium (“a vessel for cleaning grain”). Candrea and Densusianu and Papahagi start from a Latin *capisteria, the neuter plural taken as a feminine, and Wiktionary too…

It is inherited from Latin carnācius (“of meat”), a derivative of carō (“meat”) (old nominative carnis); Ciorănescu, the DLRM and CADE write it as a reconstructed Vulgar Latin *carnāceus. The…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *clinga, a form with metathesis of Late Latin cingula (“girdle, girth”), the plural of cingulum (“belt”), from cingō (“to gird”). DELR compares the metathesis in…

MDA2, Wiktionary and Ciorănescu take it as a Romanian verb, formed from Romanian ciur + -a on the noun for “sieve”. The DA and Candrea–Densusianu derive it instead from Vulgar Latin *cibrō, a…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *corna, the neuter plural of Latin cornum (“cornelian cherry”) taken as a feminine singular. Ciorănescu treats it instead as a Romanian derivative of corn, the name…

It is inherited from Latin crista (“crest, comb”). Ciorănescu cites Pușcariu, Candrea–Densusianu and the REW for this etymology. De Vaan derives the Latin word from the stem *kris- (“crest, hair”)…

Most dictionaries take it as a verb formed from Romanian creastă (“crest, comb”), so that it first meant to cut something into the shape of a cock's comb. The noun goes back to Latin crista…

It is a noun made from the past participle from Romanian cuprinde (“to embrace, contain”). The verb continues Latin comprendō (“to grasp, comprehend”), a contracted form of comprehendō, built on…

It is inherited from Latin dēpilō (“to pull out the hair”), formed from dē- and pilō (“to deprive of hair”), from pilus (“hair”), the source of păr. Pușcariu, Candrea and Densusianu, Pascu and the…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *dēpānāre (“to wind off”), formed dē- and pānus (“thread wound on a bobbin”). Ciorănescu writes the Latin form *dēpēnāre and lists Körting, Densusianu, Pușcariu…

DER, MDA2 and DEX take it as inherited from Late Latin discalceō (“to take off shoes”), from dis- and calceō (“to shoe”), or from the parallel disculceō; DER notes that both are attested…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *dēmīcō (“to crumble”), formed on mīca (“crumb, grain”). This is the view of Pușcariu, Candrea–Densusianu, the REW and Tiktin. Ciorănescu rejects Rosetti's link…