Romanian words first recorded in the 17th century

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 a compound from Romanian de (“from”) + o (“one”) + parte (“side, part”), literally “from one side”.

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…

It is inherited from Latin ustulō (“to scorch, singe”). The Latin verb is a diminutive formation on ūrō (“to burn”), “to burn a little”. It also survives as Aromanian ustur and Istro-Romanian…

The Academy dictionaries take it as inherited from Vulgar Latin *vescidus, formed on Latin vēscus (“thin, feeble”). Candrea, Pușcariu, Philippide and Rosetti gave the same explanation. Ciorănescu…

It is borrowed from Italian armata, the noun use of the feminine participle of armare (“to arm”); DEX, MDA2, DER and Wiktionary give the Italian source. In DELR's view it may also be borrowed from…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *arsīcia (“burning”), with calor (“heat”) understood, the feminine of an adjective *arsīcius formed on ārdeō (“to burn”): so Candrea and Densusianu, Pușcariu, the…

It is borrowed from French fantastique and also borrowed from Latin phantasticus (“imaginary”), as DEX, MDA2 and Marcu give it. Marcu and Maneca add Italian fantastico. The word was used long before…

It is inherited from Latin fūmō (“to smoke, give off smoke”), from fūmus (“smoke”). Ciorănescu lists it among the derivatives of fum “smoke”, but adds that it probably continues the Latin verb. Its…

It is formed from Romanian în (“in”) + cât (“how much”), as DEX, MDA2, Tiktin and Wiktionary give it. Both parts are inherited from Latin: în from Latin in, and cât from quantus (“how great”). Old…

It is borrowed from Modern Greek πιστόλι (pistóli), also borrowed from German Pistole, as DEX 2009 and the DLR give it; the DLR and MDA2 also name Hungarian pistoly. Ciorănescu and Tiktin start…

It is borrowed from Latin pūnctum (“puncture; point”). Ciorănescu and Wiktionary date the loan to the 18th century, and Tiktin says it came in partly by way of other languages. For some of its…

The word for “treaty” is borrowed from Italian trattato according to DEX, Wiktionary and the neologism dictionaries. MDA2 and the DLR give it several sources, borrowed from Latin tractātus, German…

DELR gives several sources: the learned borrowed from Latin condiciō, borrowed from Hungarian kondíció, and later also borrowed from French condition, German Kondition and Italian condizione. Tiktin…

It is formed from Romanian nici (“not even, nor”) + un (“one, a”). Ciorănescu points out that the sister branches have the same compound, Aromanian nițiun (also Megleno-Romanian) and Istro-Romanian…

Tiktin, the DA and MDA2 take it as formed from Romanian curs + -oare, from the old past participle of cure “to run, flow”. DEX, CADE and Candrea and Densusianu take it instead as inherited from…

Its origin is unknown. Ciorănescu finds none of the explanations so far satisfactory. Densusianu derived it from Latin bubia, an uncertain gloss for “nipple”, through Vulgar Latin *imbubiō, but he…

It is formed from Romanian în- + călca (“to tread”). In its modern senses “to invade” and “to infringe” it was modelled, according to Tiktin and the DA, on Latin invādō and French envahir. Călca…

It is the past participle from Romanian potrivi (“to fit, arrange”), used as an adjective, as DEX, DLR, MDA2 and Tiktin give it. The verb is formed on potrivă.

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *sorbiō (“to sip”), the fourth-conjugation form that replaced classical sorbeō (“to drink, suck up”). Ciorănescu, MDA2 and DLR give the classical verb as the…

It is a learned borrowed from Late Latin creātūra (“creature, creation”). Later it was also borrowed from French créature, Italian creatura and German Kreatur. The DEX and MDA2 give French and…

It is formed from Romanian în- + fir, the noun meaning “thread”. Candrea and Densusianu took it from a Latin *infīlāre, comparing Italian infilare, French enfiler, Spanish enhilar and Portuguese…

It is borrowed from Latin persōna; MDA2 and the DLR also name French personne, German Person and Italian persona as sources. The dictionaries differ on the source: Tiktin gives New Latin alone…

The word came into Romanian in two layers. In the old sense “armour, weapons” it is borrowed from Polish armatura, with New Latin armatura as a learned model, DELR says, and in the old language…

MDA2 and CADE take it as inherited from Latin astringō (“to bind together”). DLRLV instead analyses it as a formation from Romanian a- + strânge. The DA gives both views, with the prefix in the…

It is borrowed from French cadavre (“corpse”). DEX 2009 and MDA2 name French alone, DELR the learned Latin cadaver (“dead body, corpse”) beside French, and Wiktionary adds German Kadaver. The DA and…

It is formed from Romanian cădea + -ință, from the verb in its old sense “to be fitting, to be proper”. Ciorănescu lists it among the derivatives of cădea with the sense “propriety”, and DELR places…

It is a learned loan, borrowed from Latin causa (“cause, reason, lawsuit”), with French cause as a second model. Ciorănescu names only the Latin word and places the loan in the 19th century, Tiktin…

It is borrowed from New Latin chorus, with French chœur as a second model, DELR's two sources; the Latin word is from Ancient Greek χορός (khorós, “round dance, band of dancers, choir”). The sources…

Its origin is disputed. Tiktin, the DLR, MDA2 and DEX 2009 take it as from Romanian dezmetic (“bewildered”), a variant of bezmetic. Since that adjective means “bewildered” and the verb means the…

It is formed from Romanian dori + -ință. The verb is a derivative of dor “longing”, which is inherited from Late Latin dolus (“pain”), a back-formation from Latin doleō (“to hurt”). Gabinschi allows…

It is inherited from Latin facula (“little torch”), a diminutive of fax (“torch”). Wiktionary starts from the contracted Vulgar Latin form *facla. Candrea–Densusianu explain the neuter ⟨fachi⟩…

It is formed from Romanian foc + -ar, and its modern senses follow French foyer. The DA keeps apart an old ⟨focare⟩ or ⟨focariu⟩ “pyre”, which it derives from Vulgar Latin *focārium (“place where a…

Ciorănescu and MDA2 take it as a diminutive formed in Romanian, from Romanian foale + -cel, comparing măricel. Pușcariu, Candrea and Densusianu and the DA derive it instead from Vulgar Latin…

It is borrowed from Modern Greek χάρτης (chártis), a Greek loan of the 17th century. MDA2 and DA give the Greek source as χάρτα (chárta). The Greek word goes back to Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs…

Capidan and the DA take it as inherited from Vulgar Latin *(in)fervidiāre, formed on fervidus (“boiling, burning”). MDA2 analyses it as from Romanian în- + fierbăza and takes the simple verb from…

It is inherited from Latin mūgiō (“to low, bellow”). DER cites Pușcariu, Candrea–Densusianu and the REW for this etymology. It survives as Aromanian mudzescu too. Romance cognates are Italian…

It is inherited from Latin palliola (“small cloak, hood”), the Latin plural taken as a feminine singular. Wiktionary writes it as Vulgar Latin *palliōla. The Latin word is a diminutive of pallium…

It is inherited from Latin persicus (“peach tree”), short for a Latin name meaning “Persian apple tree”, with mālus (“apple tree”). Gabinschi notes that Latin had the adjective from Greek, and that…

It is borrowed from Latin proprius (“one's own, particular”), with French propre and Italian proprio as further models. Ciorănescu gives only the French word, and the dictionaries of neologisms put…

It is inherited from Latin rūgiō (“to roar, bellow”), a verb used of lions and deer. Its closest relative south of the Danube is Aromanian arujescu “to neigh”, made with the suffix -escu. Papahagi…

The origin is uncertain. Pușcariu's proposal is that it is inherited from Vulgar Latin *sublicidus, formed on sublica (“a stake, a pile”), and Tiktin, DLR and DEX follow him, Tiktin as probable and…

It is borrowed from Modern Greek θεωρία (theoría) of the 18th century, and later, in its modern senses, borrowed from French théorie, as Ciorănescu puts it. MDA2 and the DLR name Modern Greek, Latin…

It is inherited from Latin ūdus (“wet, moist”). The Latin adjective is a contraction of ūvidus (“wet”). It survives in Megleno- and Istro-Romanian as ud and ud, and Ciorănescu gives the same form…

Its origin is disputed. Wiktionary, Pușcariu (article 1802), the REW and Papahagi take it as inherited from Latin umbrōsus (“full of shade, shady”), and DEX gives that source beside a Romanian…

It is inherited from Latin hūmidus (“wet, moist”). The older Latin spelling was ūmidus; Wiktionary explains the ⟨h⟩ as a hypercorrection after a false link with humus (“ground”). Nocentini derives…

Its origin is not settled. It may be borrowed from Hungarian verseny (“contest, competition”): MDA2, the DLR and DEXI compare the Hungarian word, and Tamás credits the derivation to Pușcariu. Tamás…

It is probably inherited from Latin Diāna (“Diana, the goddess”), the name of the Roman goddess. The name of the goddess survives with the same sense of “fairy” elsewhere in Romance: Old French…

It is a back-formation from Romanian clipi (“to blink”). This verb comes from Old Church Slavonic клепати (klepati, “to hammer, knock”). For the sense “to blink” DELR and Tiktin compare Bulgarian…

It is a learned borrowed from Latin dēpositum (“something deposited, a trust”), the neuter of the past participle of dēpōnō (“to put down, lay aside”), itself from pōnō (“to put”). In Latin the noun…

It is borrowed from Latin differentia (“difference, diversity”), also borrowed from French différence. DELR adds German Differenz and possibly Italian differenza; Tiktin takes it from New Latin…

Most dictionaries say it is inherited from Vulgar Latin *frīctūra, a noun formed on frīctus, the past participle of frīgō (“to roast, fry”). Ciorănescu takes it as formed from Romanian fript + -ură…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *cavō (“hollow, hole”), from cavus (“hollow”). The DA, after Pușcariu, gives this etymon, and the REW lists it with relatives in southern Italian dialects and…

It is inherited from Latin herbōsus (“grassy”), an adjective formed on herba (“grass, vegetation”). DEX gives the Latin adjective or a native formation from Romanian iarbă + -os as equal…