Romanian words first recorded in the 18th century

It is borrowed from Polish oficer, with Russian офицер (oficer) and French officier as further models: the three sources DEX gives. MDA2, Marcu and the DLR add German Offizier. Ciorănescu takes the…

It is a compound from Romanian alt (“other”) + fel (“kind, way”), literally “(in) another way”. The DA calls it a recent compound. Ciorănescu lists it among the derivatives of the first word, beside…

It is probably inherited from Vulgar Latin *buccidus (“with puffed-up cheeks”), a form reconstructed from bucca (“cheek”). Tiktin compares the /g/ for Latin /k/ with fraged from fracidus. The Latin…

It is inherited from Latin carnōsus (“fleshy”), as nearly all the dictionaries give it. Ciorănescu also allows a Romanian formation on carne with the suffix -os. The Latin adjective is formed on…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *flacula, from Latin facula (“little torch”), the diminutive of fax (“torch”). This etymon has been generally accepted since Gustav Meyer and Pușcariu. The /l/…

It is formed from Romanian foaie + -os. The neuter noun naming the third stomach of ruminants follows French feuillet, which DEX and MDA2 name; the DLRM, DILF and Wikționar give the model as…

It is probably inherited from Vulgar Latin *glibbus, a metathesised form of *gibbulus, from Latin gibbus (“hump”). Tiktin gives the same etymology after the REW and Pușcariu. Ciorănescu reconstructs…

It is formed from Romanian inel + -ar, from inel “ring”. Scriban adds that the adjective follows anular “annular”. Wiktionary also allows a *anellārius, formed on Latin anellus (“little ring”)…

It is inherited from Latin angustō (“to make narrow”), as DEX, MDA2, Tiktin, the DA and Wiktionary give it. The REW lists the Romanian verb and Spanish angostar under it, and Candrea–Densusianu add…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *inserēnō (“to clear up”), formed on serēnō (“to clear up, brighten”), as DEX, MDA2, the DA and Tiktin give it. The Latin verb is formed on serēnus (“clear, fair”)…

It is inherited from Latin licia, the plural of licium (“thread, leash of a loom”). Ciorănescu cites Pușcariu, Candrea and Densusianu, and the REW for it. The Latin word has no Indo-European…

It is formed from Romanian jug + -ar, “of the yoke”. Pușcariu, REW and Candrea–Densusianu took it instead directly from Latin iugārius (“bearing the yoke”), and Cihac and Șăineanu gave the same…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *lavatūra (“washing water”) in the plural, *lavatūrae, a derivative of Latin lavō (“to wash”); the singular is lătură “dishwater”. Ciorănescu cites Pușcariu…

1. The word for mossy is formed from Romanian mușchi (“moss”) + -os. The noun is from Vulgar Latin *musculus, a diminutive of muscus (“moss”) that is not attested. The same formation is Aromanian…

It is formed from Romanian must (“must, grape juice”) + -os. The noun is from Latin mustum. The REW instead derives the adjective directly from Vulgar Latin *mustōsus, and Ciorănescu reports that…

It is inherited from Latin nūtrīcium (“nourishment”), as DER, MDA2, DEX and Tiktin give it. Pușcariu and Candrea and Densusianu reconstruct a popular form with a short ⟨i⟩ in place of the classical…

It is formed from Romanian pâine (“bread”) + -ar. Wiktionary allows a Latin panārius (“bread seller”) as a second possibility, and Șăineanu took the word from that Latin form. The Latin noun is…

Its source is disputed. Ciorănescu takes it borrowed from Modern Greek παστρεύω (pastrévo, “to clean”), from πάστρα (pástra, “cleanliness”), following Meyer and Tiktin, and compares Albanian pastroj…

It is borrowed from Latin rēgula (“straight stick, ruler; rule”), a learned borrowing, with Italian regola as a further model and some senses after French règle. MDA2 names Latin and French, and DN…

It is a verb from Romanian scânteie (“spark”). The noun continues Vulgar Latin *scantilia, a form of Latin scintilla (“spark”) with ⟨a⟩ that Pușcariu explained by the influence of excandere (“to…

It is inherited from Latin trifolium (“clover”), from tri- and folium (“leaf”), a calque of Ancient Greek τρίφυλλον (tríphullon). It survives in Aromanian as trifolj, and has cognates in Italian…

For Ciorănescu it is inherited from Vulgar Latin *brotāchus, from Ancient Greek βροτάχος (brotákhos, “frog”), the Ionic form of βάτραχος (bátrakhos), following Pușcariu, Candrea–Densusianu, the REW…

It is inherited from Latin plantāgō (“plantain”), through the accusative plantāginem or a form platagĭnem without the first /n/. The standard form has a metathesis of /l/ and /t/, while the regional…

Its origin is uncertain. DEX, CADE, the DA and Ciorănescu treat it as an expressive, imitative formation, of the same kind as bâjbâi; Pușcariu and Scriban start from a sound sequence ⟨bâl-bâl⟩…

It is borrowed from French base, from Latin basis (“pedestal, base”), from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis, “step, base”). The older Romanian forms had other sources: ⟨vas⟩ and ⟨vasis⟩ are from Modern…

It is formed from Romanian mugi + -et. Pușcariu and Candrea–Densusianu instead took it straight from Latin, from the accusative of Latin mūgītus (“lowing, bellowing”); Wiktionary gives both views…

1. The word for the pore is borrowed from French pore, also directly Latin porus (“passage, channel in the body”), as DEX, DN and MDN give it, a neologism with several sources. MDA2 adds Modern…

It is borrowed from French problème, with Latin problēma as a second source; Tiktin and MDA2 also name German Problem. The neologism dictionaries give French, Latin and Greek, an example of the…

It is borrowed from Latin saltus (“leap”) together with borrowed from Italian salto in the view of DEX and MDA2. The Latin noun is formed on saliō (“to jump”). Ciorănescu and Tiktin instead treat it…

It is borrowed from French système, and before that, in the 18th century, it was taken from the Modern Greek σύστημα (sýstima). MDA2 names several models at once: the Modern Greek word, Latin…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *exbattō (“to beat out”), formed from ex- and battō, the Late Latin form of battuō (“to beat”). Ciorănescu cites this view from Densusianu, Pușcariu and Pascu and…

It is formed from Romanian patru (“four”) + -are, from the numeral. DLRM and Scriban take it from pătrar (“quarter”), itself formed on the numeral. Wiktionary gives a second view: a Latin…

1. The word for the cap is borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قاوق (kavuk, “tall padded cap”). The word spread in the Balkans: Ciorănescu and Șăineanu compare Albanian kauk, Serbo-Croatian kauk and…

It is borrowed from French devenir (“to become”), the source that DEX, DELR, the DLR, Tiktin and the neologism dictionaries name. According to MDA2 and Wiktionary it is also borrowed from Latin…

It is borrowed from Latin līnea (“linen thread, line”), together with borrowed from Italian linea, borrowed in the 18th century. MDA2 and the DLR add German Linie and French ligne; the DLR says…

It is borrowed from French agent, also borrowed from Latin agens, the present participle of agō (“to drive, to act”). Ciorănescu names only the French word, Tiktin the French word, comparing German…

It is borrowed from Latin explicō (“to unfold, disentangle”), and also borrowed from French expliquer (“to explain”). DELR and the DLR also name Italian esplicare; MDA2, DEX and Wiktionary give…

It is inherited from Latin malva (“mallow”). Latin initial /m/ became /n/ by dissimilation from the second labial, as in furnică and năframă. The same change appears in Venetian nalba and Sardinian…

It is borrowed from French situation, with Latin situātiō named beside it as a second source. DEX 2009 and Wiktionary give only the French word, Tiktin the French and Italian situazione, DN the…

It is borrowed from Modern Greek τόμος (tómos), with Latin tomus and French tome as further sources in MDA2 and the Academy dictionary. DEX gives French and Latin, Tiktin Greek or Latin and French…

The DLR and DEX derive it from Romanian pielicică (“fine skin; lambskin”) with a change of suffix; that word is from Romanian piele + -icică. Wiktionary gives it as piele with -cea. Candrea and…

It is most likely from Romanian deștepta (“to wake”), an adjective formed from the verb, as DEX 2009, DLR and DELR hold. Wiktionary also allows this. Other views take it straight from Latin…

It is borrowed from French criminel and, as a learned loan, borrowed from Latin criminālis: DELR, DEX, MDA2 and Wiktionary name both sources. The neologism dictionaries give the Latin word first and…

It is borrowed from French exact, partly borrowed from Latin exāctus (“precise, exact”), the two sources that DEX, MDA2, DELR and the DLR give together. Tiktin and Wiktionary name only French…

It is borrowed from French public, and MDA2, DLR, MDN and NODEX add a direct borrowed from Latin publicus (“of the people, public”). Wiktionary gives French, itself from Latin, and DER names only…

It is borrowed from Latin relātiō, with French relation and German Relation as further models. The Wiktionary gives French alone, and Tiktin a learned Latin word also taken through other languages…

It is a neologism that the dictionaries derive from several languages at once. For DEX and MDN it is borrowed from French spécial together with Latin speciālis; in MDA2 and the DLR it is also…

It is borrowed from French magasin. Tiktin also names Italian magazzino, and the DN compares it. The French word, first recorded in 1389 in the spelling ⟨maguesin⟩, came either through the Italian…

It is formed from Romanian in + -ar, from in “flax” with the agent suffix. Tiktin, DA and Wiktionary also allow a direct continuation of Latin līnārius (“linen weaver, linen dealer”), formed on…

It is formed from Romanian fân + -eață. fân continues Latin fēnum (“hay”). The DA and DLRM take it instead from an adjective used as a noun, Vulgar Latin *fenicia, with prata (“meadows”) understood…

It is borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پوشت (puşt, “debauched”). DEX 2009 and NODEX only compare the Turkish word, and Tiktin calls the source probable. The Turkish word, whose first sense was a…

1. The word for the disease is of uncertain origin, and DEX gives it as unknown. DELR thinks it probably a substrate word and compares Albanian brengë (“swelling, sore, diphtheria; swelling on the…

It is inherited from Latin coctūra (“cooking”), a noun formed on coquō (“to cook”). The regular outcome would have been ⟨*cutură⟩; the ⟨-pt-⟩ was remade after the participle copt “baked, ripe”, as…

Its origin is uncertain. The DLR and MDA2 take it as a formation from Romanian dez- + minte (“mind”), an old derivative that may already be Latin, Vulgar Latin *dismentō from mēns (“mind”). Tiktin…

It is inherited from Latin calendārius (“of the calends”), understood with mēnsis (“month”), as Pușcariu, Candrea and Densusianu, the DA and DEX give it. Wiktionary writes the Latin source as…

It is formed from Romanian prăda + -ăciune, according to DEX, MDA2, the DLR and Tiktin. DEX compares Latin praedātiō. Pușcariu, Candrea–Densusianu and the REW took it straight from the Latin…

It is borrowed from French service (“service”), and also borrowed from Latin servitium (“slavery, service”). MDA2, DEX, DLRM and Wiktionary name both sources, and Tiktin names French as the model…

It is borrowed from Latin ordo (“row, rank, order”), whose oblique stem is ⟨ordin-⟩, together with Italian ordine. MDA2 and the DLR name Latin, Italian and French ordre; DEX 2009 names Latin and…

It is borrowed from French billet, the source all the dictionaries name. DELR also gives German Billett, and DEX compares Italian biglietto, which the DLRM gives as the source. Ciorănescu thinks the…

It is borrowed from French corps according to DELR and MDA2, with Latin corpus (“body”) beside it in MDA2: a learned word of the 18th and 19th centuries, whose route the sources describe…