Romanian words first recorded in the 17th century

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 formed from Romanian dator (“owing, indebted”) + -a. Ciorănescu and DEX give an older fourth-conjugation form datori beside it. The adjective continues Vulgar Latin *dēbitōrius, a form for…

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…

The interjection of urging is a shortening from Romanian haide, which is from Ottoman Turkish هایده (hayde). Ciorănescu adds that this short form was confused with a variant of ha. Scriban derives…

It is formed from Romanian lapte (“milk”) + -os. lapte continues Latin lac (“milk”). Candrea–Densusianu and CADE derive the adjective from Latin lactōsus (“milky”), a word recorded in a Latin–Greek…

It is inherited from Latin lumbrīcus (“earthworm; intestinal worm”). Candrea and Densusianu explain the vowels: unstressed /u/ before /m/ became /i/, and the second vowel was assimilated to it. The…

1. The word for the moss is inherited from Vulgar Latin *mūsculus, a diminutive of Latin mūscus (“moss”) not recorded in Latin. Wiktionary gives the syncopated *mūsclus. The same diminutive is…

It is inherited from Latin ningō (“to snow”), whose infinitive the dictionaries cite. The Latin verb goes back to Proto-Indo-European *sneygʷʰ- (“to snow”). Ciorănescu compares a Calabrian word for…

It is inherited from Latin axungia (“axle grease; hog's fat”), a Latin compound of axis (“axle”) and unguō (“to smear”). DLR and MDA2 give the Latin variants absungia and ausungia, DEX only the…

1. The word for bee bread is probably inherited from Latin pastūra (“pasture; food”), formed on pāscō (“to graze”). Ciorănescu calls the origin doubtful, because the dictionaries defined the…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *pūlicō (“to catch fleas”), from pūlex (“flea”). DEX 2009 gives the Latin verb as probable. Ciorănescu cites Densusianu, Pușcariu and Candrea–Densusianu for this…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *retella (“little net”), a diminutive of Latin rēte (“net”). Ciorănescu compares Italian rezza, the Abruzzi dialect form ritedda and French réseau. Pușcariu took…

It is inherited from Latin sēcrētus (“set apart, solitary”), the participle of sēcernō (“to separate”). Pușcariu and the REW explain the Romanian senses “deserted, cursed” from the Latin sense…

It is inherited from Latin salicētum (“willow thicket”) according to Ciorănescu, the REW, Cihac and Wiktionary. The REW and Ciorănescu compare Italian salceto, French saussaie and Occitan sauzeda…

1. The word for tow is inherited from Latin stuppa (“coarse flax or hemp, tow”). Latin took it from Ancient Greek στύππη (stúppē). Ciorănescu cites Pușcariu, Philippide and the REW, and compares…

The origin is uncertain. The usual view is that it is inherited from Vulgar Latin *subfollicō (“to puff up like a bellows”), formed on follis (“bellows”) (Romanian foale): Pușcariu proposed it, and…

It is a back-formation from Romanian sughița (“to hiccup”). Wiktionary also allows a direct link with Vulgar Latin suggluttium, a form attested in glosses. The verb sughița continues Vulgar Latin…

It is inherited from Latin ūniō (“to unite”) according to Pușcariu, DEX, MDA2 and DLR. The Latin verb, rare and late, was formed on ūnus (“one”). DEX also names the inchoative *ūnēscō, and…

It is inherited from Latin gingīva (“gum”), a word continued across the Romance languages. It survives in Aromanian dzindzie and in Istro-Romanian žinžire, which comes from the variant gingină. Its…

It is inherited from Latin ululō (“to howl”), probably through a form with /r/, *urulō, which the REW and Ciorănescu reconstruct; the change of /l/ to /r/ is a dissimilation. The REW explains the…

It is borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قوطی (kutu), according to Ciorănescu, Wiktionary, Scriban and Șăineanu. DELR and DEX add Modern Greek κουτί (koutí) as a source, and DELR also names Bulgarian…

It is most often explained as a Romanian formation, from Romanian drept + -ar, the view of DEX, MDA2 and the DLR. Ciorănescu also prefers an internal derivative with the suffix -ar. Tiktin and…

It is inherited from Latin merenda (“light afternoon meal”), a word that originally named a light meal given to labourers in the afternoon. The Latin noun is the gerundive of mereō (“to earn…

1. The word for the woodworm is inherited from Latin carius, a glossary word naming a creature also called tinea, beside cariēs (“rot, decay”). Pușcariu and Candrea–Densusianu start from the former…

Its origin is uncertain. The most widely held view, in DELR, DEX 1998 and Wiktionary, is that it is inherited from Vulgar Latin *dērapinō (“to tear off, pull down”), a verb not recorded in writing…

It is inherited from Late Latin frīgorōsus (“cold, frosty”), a Late Latin formation on frīgus (“cold”) with the suffix -ōsus. The Latin adjective is recorded in late sources, and the REW lists the…

Its origin is unknown in DEX, MDA2, Tiktin and the Romanian Wiktionary, and the proposals disagree. - Cihac derived it from Hungarian, from Hungarian golyócs (from golyó (“ball”)) or galacs (“ball…

Its origin is unknown to Tiktin and uncertain to the DA. Tiktin compares the old vierșun “wager”, and Ciorănescu lists the verb among the derivatives of that noun, which he connects, with doubt…

It is probably inherited from Vulgar Latin *ōvō (“to lay eggs”), a verb formed in Latin on ōvum (“egg”). Ciorănescu, following Pușcariu and Graur, takes it probably directly from the Latin verb, not…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *excapitō, a verb built on caput (“head; end”), as Ciorănescu, Tiktin, DEX, MDA2 and the DLR agree. Wiktionary notes that the attested Late Latin verb meant “to…

It is formed from Romanian vorbă + -i, from the noun for “word, talk”. The noun itself is of uncertain origin. Tiktin and Candrea derived it from Old Church Slavonic дворьба (dvorĭba), a word formed…

It is borrowed from New Latin calendārium, a learned word with several possible sources, a case of what Romanian lexicography calls multiple etymology: DELR names the Latin word, Modern Greek…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *anglārius, the contracted form of Latin angulārius (“placed at a corner”), according to DEX, MDA2 and the DLR. Tiktin, whom Ciorănescu follows, takes it from the…

It is a loan with several sources. The modern form, stressed on the ending, is borrowed from French compagnie and Italian compagnia, perhaps with German Kompagnie. The older form, stressed on the…

It is formed from Romanian tuns + -oare, from the participle and verbal noun of tunde (“to cut (hair), shear”). Ciorănescu lists it among the derivatives of the verb. Wiktionary compares Latin…

It is inherited from Latin pīnsātum (“pounded”), a participle of pīnsō (“to pound, crush”) in its first-conjugation form, so “something pounded”. Tiktin rejects pēnsātum, which could mean “pressed”…

DELR analyses it as from Romanian a (“at, to”) + *vidom + -a: the preposition and prefix ⟨a⟩, an unattested ⟨*vidom⟩ and the adverbial ending ⟨-a⟩. The middle part is from Old Church Slavonic видомъ…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *abellōna, a variant of Latin abellāna (“hazelnut”), properly the “nut of Abella”, a town in Campania. Candrea and Densusianu explain the ending by the suffix -ōna…

It is usually explained as formed from Romanian boace + -i, from the old word for “voice”, as Pușcariu, Tiktin, Candrea and Densusianu, the DA, Scriban and DEX hold. The REW lists it among the…

Its origin is uncertain. The most widely accepted explanation is inherited from Vulgar Latin *caiulus, a diminutive reconstructed from caia (“stick, cudgel”), proposed by Densusianu and Giuglea and…

It is inherited from Latin circus (“circle, ring”), and its modern senses were added after French cercle. The Latin noun is probably from Ancient Greek κρίκος (kríkos, “ring”), also κίρκος (kírkos)…

It is a compound from Romanian de + oare + ce, from the preposition, the particle and the relative pronoun, in the analysis of DEX, MDA2, the DLR and Wiktionary. Tiktin treats it under oare, which…

1. The word for the anthill is inherited from Vulgar Latin *formīcārium, a derivative of Latin formīca (“ant”). DEX 2009, MDA2 and DLRM write the etymon as Latin formicarius. Ciorănescu reports the…

It is inherited from Latin iūnīx (“young cow, heifer”), from the accusative iūnīcem. Candrea and Densusianu explain the form with a second /n/ as a repetition of the /n/ before the following…

It is inherited from Latin macellārius (“butcher, meat seller”), from macellum (“meat market”). Its Romance cognates include Italian macellaio, Old French maiselier and Occitan mazelier. Tiktin…

It is inherited from Latin mūcidus (“mouldy, musty”). The Latin adjective also meant “snivelling” in Plautus, and is formed on mūceō (“to be musty”). Tiktin also gives muccidus. The Romance cognates…

It is inherited from Latin morsicō (“to bite repeatedly, nibble”), following Pușcariu and Candrea–Densusianu. The Latin verb is formed on morsus (“bitten”), the participle of mordeō (“to bite”). The…

It is inherited from Latin nāpus (“turnip”). The Latin word is an adaptation of Ancient Greek νᾶπυ (nâpu, “mustard”). It also survives as Istro-Romanian nǫp. Its Romance cognates include Italian…

DEX, MDA2 and the DLR take it as a formation from Romanian pântece + -os, “having a big belly”. The older dictionaries derive it straight from Latin: Pușcariu, Candrea–Densusianu, Tiktin, Scriban…

It is inherited from Latin pecten (“comb”), in its accusative form pectinem. The word survives in all four branches of Romanian: Aromanian cheaptini, Megleno-Romanian chiaptin and Istro-Romanian…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *prūna (“plum”), the neuter plural of Latin prūnum (“plum”) taken as a feminine singular. Ciorănescu lists it among the derivatives of prun “plum tree”, but allows…

Its origin is disputed. DEX, MDA2, NODEX and the Romanian Wiktionary take it as inherited from Latin subalba, a proposal of Candrea, and Wiktionary calls this probable. DER rejects it, citing…

It is inherited from Latin tabānus (“gadfly, horsefly”), the Latin name of the insect. Most scholars trace it through a Vulgar Latin form with another suffix, *tabōnem (nominative *tabo), which also…