Romanian words first recorded in the 17th century

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…

It is borrowed from Modern Greek μπουζουνάρα (bouzounára, “large pocket”), as Cihac proposed and as Ciorănescu, CADE and DEX give it. Ciorănescu traces the Greek word to Ancient Greek ζωνάριον…

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…

MDA2, the DLR and Tiktin take it as formed from Romanian vână + -os, and Ciorănescu lists it among the derivatives of the noun. DEX, Cihac and the REW derive it instead from Latin vēnōsus (“full of…

It is inherited from Latin viscum (“mistletoe; birdlime made from its berries”). It survives south of the Danube as well: Aromanian vãscu. Wikționar lists the Romance cognates Italian vischio…

Its origin is disputed. Tiktin, Pușcariu and the DA see it as inherited from Vulgar Latin *barbīlia, first the neuter plural of an unattested *barbīle (“the place where the beard grows”), formed on…

It is borrowed from French avocat, with learned Latin advocātus beside it, according to MDA2, DEX and Wiktionary. Marcu & Maneca put the Latin word first and compare German Advokat, Italian avvocato…

Its origin is uncertain, and DELR lists several proposals without choosing between them. DEX and MDA2 take it as inherited from Vulgar Latin *adiliāre, which Candrea traced to the Latin phrase…

It is formed from Romanian dez- + învăța (“to accustom, to learn”) (with the prefix replacing ⟨în-⟩). învăța is inherited from Vulgar Latin *invitiō, from vitium (“fault, vice”). Wiktionary…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *gutturālium, from Latin gutturālia, the neuter plural of gutturālis (“of the throat”), from guttur (“throat”). Ciorănescu compares Latin gutturnia (“a swelling”)…

It is borrowed from Ottoman Turkish هایده (hayde), or هایدی (haydi), a word of urging. NODEX also names Bulgarian. Tietze derives the Turkish word from the exclamation Turkish ha or hay with a…

It is onomatopoeic, a natural cry. Ciorănescu calls it an expressive creation, with the variants hăi, hoi and ehei, and compares a similar Bulgarian interjection.

It is inherited from Latin ēsca (“food, bait”), a derivative of edō (“to eat”). The REW records the Latin word in three senses, “food”, “bait” and “tinder”; Graur traces the Romanian sense from…

Its origin is uncertain. MDA2, Tiktin and the DA call it of unknown origin. Ciorănescu thinks it may be from Latin fōrmō (“to shape, form”), with an original sense “to wrap”, which would make it a…

It is inherited from Latin lardum (“bacon fat”), the contracted form of lāridum. Pușcariu, Candrea and Densusianu and the REW agree on it. It has a match in Istro-Romanian lǫrd, and Romance cognates…

It is inherited from Latin labrusca (“wild vine”). Pușcariu, Candrea and Densusianu, the REW and the DA give the same etymon. The origin of the Latin word is unknown; Nocentini takes it for a loan…

It is formed from Romanian lemn + -os, according to DEX, MDA2, DLR, Tiktin and Ciorănescu. Pușcariu, Candrea and Densusianu, the REW and the DA took it instead from Latin līgnōsus (“woody”), as…

1. The word for the tench is borrowed from Bulgarian лин (lin, “tench”), according to DEX, MDA2 and the DLR. Ciorănescu and Tiktin take it as borrowed from Old Church Slavonic линь (linĭ), after…

It is formed from Romanian lut + -os, as DEX, the DLR, MDA2 and Tiktin explain it. Older dictionaries such as Scriban's and the Lexicon de la Buda took it from Latin lutōsus (“muddy”), and the REW…

It is formed from Romanian muc + -os, as DEX, MDA2, the DLR and Tiktin give it. Candrea–Densusianu and Pușcariu took it instead from Latin muccōsus (“snotty”), and Ciorănescu agrees that it may…

It is formed from Romanian nod + -os “knot” with the adjective suffix, according to DEX, MDA2, the DLR and Tiktin. Marcu & Maneca compare Latin nōdōsus (“full of knots”), and Marcu derives the word…

DEX, MDA2, the DLR and Tiktin take it as formed from Romanian păduche + -os. Pușcariu, Candrea and Densusianu and Scriban derive it from Latin peduculōsus (“lousy”). The Latin adjective is formed on…

1. The word for food in children's speech is inherited from Latin pappa (“food (a child's word)”), itself a nursery word. Ciorănescu calls it an expressive creation that may come straight from the…

It is borrowed from Late Latin proba (“test, proof”), which Ciorănescu sees coming through Polish próba, Hungarian próba and German Probe. Wiktionary gives the same Late Latin source, partly through…

It is inherited from Latin repōnō (“to put back, lay down”). Candrea and Densusianu explain the senses from “to put back, lay down”: “to throw down”, then “to make fall”, “to defeat” and “to kill”…

It is inherited from Latin squāma (“scale of a fish”), as Ciorănescu, after Pușcariu and the REW, MDA2 and the DLR state. The Latin word may be related to squālus (“filthy”). The sound shape is a…

Its origin is not settled: DEX gives it as of unknown origin, and Ciorănescu calls it doubtful. Ciorănescu suggests, with reserve, Vulgar Latin *excapulō (“to set free”), comparing Italian scapolare…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *excarminō (“to card out”), formed on carminō (“to card”) with ex-, according to Ciorănescu, Tiktin, MDA2, the REW and Candrea–Densusianu. The Latin verb comes from…

It is inherited from Latin exprimō (“to press out”), in a spoken form *expremō, as Ciorănescu, Tiktin, MDA2, the DLR and the REW agree. The Latin verb is formed ex- and premō (“to press”). It is a…

In the view of Tiktin, Pușcariu, the REW, Rosetti and Candrea it is inherited from Vulgar Latin *tragīnō (“to drag along”), a derivative of trahō (“to draw, drag”), through the older form trăgăna…

It is inherited from Late Latin toxicō (“to smear with poison”), a verb made from toxicum (“poison”), as Tiktin, the DLR and MDA2 give it. Ciorănescu lists it among the derivatives of toapsec, but…

Its origin is disputed. According to Tiktin and the DLR, it is inherited from Latin vomō (“to vomit”), and DEXI and NODEX agree. The older forms of the third conjugation, an infinitive voame and its…

It is inherited from Latin daeda (“pitch pine; torch”), a form of taeda recorded in the Latin glosses. The Latin word is a borrowing from the accusative of Ancient Greek δᾴς (dáis, “torch”), and…

It is inherited from Latin fricātūra (“rubbing down”). The Latin noun, used by Vitruvius of smoothing a wall, is formed on fricō (“to rub”). Ciorănescu and Tiktin list it among the derivatives of…

It is from Romanian vreo + odată (“once”), the indefinite “some, any” joined to the adverb of time. odată is in turn a univerbation of o “one” and dată “time”.

DEX, MDA2, Wiktionary and the DA take it as inherited from Vulgar Latin *allentāre, from lentus (“pliant, flexible; slow”). Tiktin, Pușcariu, Scriban and the REW hold the same view. The Latin verb…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *allongō (“to drive far off”), a verb formed on longus (“long”) and longē (“far off”). DELR equates it with Latin ēlongō (“to lengthen; to remove, go far away”)…

It is inherited from Latin aquōsus (“watery, abounding in water”). The Academy dictionary also compares French aqueux. MDA2 allows a Romanian formation as well, from Romanian apă + -os, and Tiktin…

It is inherited from Latin cannula (“small reed”), a diminutive of canna (“reed”), itself from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”). Papahagi based this on the Aromanian sense “reed spool wound with…

It is a Turkic loanword; Wiktionary and Tiktin give the source as borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قپان (kapan, “trap, snare”). Ciorănescu, DEX and DLRM cite the Turkish form as kapkan. Șăineanu and…

Its origin is disputed. Most scholars take it as inherited from Vulgar Latin *dēdāre (“to give oneself up”), the Latin dēdō (“to give up, surrender”) moved early into the first conjugation after the…

It is inherited from Latin fimbria (“fringe, border”), a word used in classical Latin mostly in the plural, fimbriae. The /r/ moved into the first syllable early, as in the other Romance forms…

It is formed from Romanian lână + -os, according to DEX, MDA2, DLR and Tiktin. Candrea and Densusianu, Șăineanu, CADE and the REW derive it instead from Latin lānōsus (“woolly”), and Scriban and…

It is a back-formation from Romanian mioară, the feminine noun. Ciorănescu, following Tiktin and Rosetti, forms it instead from miel “lamb” with the diminutive suffix -or; Pușcariu and…

It is inherited from Latin sibilō (“to hiss, whistle”). Ciorănescu, after Cihac, Pușcariu and the REW, starts from the Latin verb, which passed into a form with /u/ recorded by Du Cange. Wiktionary…