Romanian words first recorded in the 19th century

It is a learned borrowing borrowed from Latin ultimus (“farthest, last”), with Italian ultimo beside it, the two sources DEX, DLR, MDA2 and MDN give. DN gives the Latin word and compares French…

It is borrowed from Latin hūmānus (“human”), a learned loan. Marcu and Maneca compare French humain and Italian umano. The regional variant oman owes its initial vowel to the native word for “man”…

It is formed from Romanian urmă + -ări, from the noun meaning “footprint, track”. Ciorănescu lists it among the derivatives of urmă and notes that its senses are those of French poursuivre. Tiktin…

It is borrowed from French urgence, as DEX 2009, MDA2, NODEX, Marcu and Wiktionary give it. Marcu & Maneca add Italian urgenza, and Scriban derives it from urgent, with the French word beside it…

It is borrowed from Latin ēlīberō (“to set free”), a learned borrowing, from līberō (“to free”). Ciorănescu dates it to the 19th century. It stood beside the older libera, with which it long competed.

1. The word for the bast of plants is a learned loan: the DLR and MDA2 take it borrowed from Latin liber (“inner bark of a tree; book”) and French liber, the French botanical term. The neologism…

It is a commercial term borrowed from German Akzept, with Latin acceptus (“received, accepted”) named beside it as its model. Tiktin and the DA give German alone as the source. DELR, which treats…

1. The word for the cornflower is of unknown origin for DEX, MDA2 and Tiktin. Șăineanu derived it from Latin glaucus (“bluish grey”). Scriban saw in it a shortened form of zglăvoc, another folk name…

It is borrowed from French presse, a 19th-century neologism. The neologism dictionary of Marcu and Maneca adds Italian pressa as a second model. The French noun is formed on the verb presser (“to…

It is borrowed from French référer and German referieren. Ciorănescu names only the French verb. The French word is a learned loan of the 14th century, from Latin referō (“to bring back, report”)…

It is most probably borrowed from Latin aquila (“eagle”), a Latin word taken up by 19th-century scholars and given a Romanian shape. DELR follows Tiktin, Scriban and Ciorănescu's earlier study in…

It is formed from Romanian aminte + -i, on the adverb meaning “in mind”, which is a and minte “mind”. The noun comes from Latin mēns (“mind”), and Ciorănescu lists the adverb and the verb among its…

It is borrowed from French amusant (“amusing”), as DELR, Tiktin, MDA2, DEX and Wiktionary agree. DELR treats it in the family of the verb amuza, beside amuzament, from amusement. The Academy…

It is from Romanian muced (“mouldy, musty”), formed like putregai from putred. Tiktin explains the ⟨g⟩ for ⟨d⟩ by ucide beside ucigaș. Ciorănescu derives it from the verb mucezi in the same way…

It is borrowed from French pression. MDA2 and MDN add borrowed from Latin pressiō as a second source, and DN also compares Italian pressione. Scriban derives it from the Latin word alone. The French…

It is the long infinitive of revedea (“to see again”), formed from Romanian revedea + -re and used as a noun. The farewell formula la revedere was modelled on French au revoir, as Marcu and Maneca's…

It is borrowed from French saison. Scriban also names Russian сезон (sezon). The French word continues Latin satiō (“sowing, the time of sowing”), from the supine of serō (“to sow, plant”).

DEX, MDA2, the DLR and Marcu derive it from Latin viscōsus (“sticky”). Wiktionary, the REW and Gabinschi count it among the words inherited from Latin, and Wiktionary adds that it can be seen as…

It is inherited from Late Latin forficō (“to cut with shears”), a verb formed on forfex (“shears, scissors”). Candrea and Densusianu point to its records in the Mulomedicina Chironis and the Latin…

It is borrowed from Latin verbēna (“leafy twig, sacred bough”), with French verveine as a model beside it. Ciorănescu treats it as a learned word of the 19th century. Pascu and the REW took it as…

It is inherited from Late Latin albor (“whiteness; dawn”) (accusative albōrem), formed on albus (“white”). Ciorănescu names Candrea–Densusianu, the REW and the DA for this etymology. Its Romance…

It is borrowed from French train, a 19th-century loan. The French noun goes back to the verb Old French trahiner (“to pull, drag”), the ancestor of traîner. The same French word spread through the…

1. The word for the surface mine is borrowed from French carrière, as DEX, MDA2, the DA and the DN give it; Tiktin and DELR also name borrowed from Italian carriera, and the DA has the French word…

It is formed from Romanian făină + -ar, with the agent suffix for the merchant and the suffix of containers for the bin. Pușcariu and Candrea–Densusianu took the merchant word straight from Latin…

It is formed from Romanian în loc + -ui, on the adverbial phrase meaning “in place, instead”. DA and Tiktin add that it was modelled on French remplacer (“to replace”). Ciorănescu lists it among the…

In DEX and MDA2 it is inherited from Vulgar Latin *intorticulō, a verb reconstructed on intortus (“twisted”), the participle of intorqueō (“to twist”). Pușcariu, in his dictionary and in volume VII…

It is inherited from Latin mancus (“maimed, crippled”). Ciorănescu cites Densusianu, Candrea and Scriban for this; he doubts Pușcariu's link of the Moldavian adjective manc (“imperfect, faulty”)…

It is inherited from Latin merus (“pure, unmixed”). Pușcariu discussed the etymology in the journal Dacoromania, and the REW lists the Transylvanian word meaning “blue” under the Latin word, beside…

It is borrowed from French milliard. French formed it from million by replacing the ending with the suffix -ard. That word is from Italian milione (“a thousand thousands”), formed on mille…

Ciorănescu takes it as inherited from Latin nāvis (“ship”), from the accusative, following Pușcariu and the REW. Wiktionary also has it inherited. DLR, MDA2 and DLRM instead treat it as a learned…

It is borrowed from Italian offerta or German Offerte in DEX, while Wiktionary gives the Italian word alone and Marcu and Maneca add French offerte. MDA2 names the French and German words. Scriban…

DEX takes the word for the sloe directly as inherited from Latin palumba (“wood pigeon”), and MDA2 from a Latin *polumba. Candrea and Densusianu started from a diminutive *palumbula, with…

It is formed from Romanian salva (“to save”) + -re, the long infinitive of the verb used as a noun. The verb salva is from Latin salvō (“to save”), a late Latin verb formed on salvus (“safe”), taken…

The Academy dictionaries form it from Romanian s- + tramă. Tiktin instead makes it a postverbal noun from Vulgar Latin *extrāmō (“to unravel”), and DER agrees: the noun would come from a lost verb…

It is a learned borrowing, borrowed from Latin sufficiēns, with Italian sufficiente as a second model. DEX 2009 takes it from Latin and compares the Italian word, and Scriban also gives the Latin…

It is borrowed from Latin sustineō (“to hold up, support”), borrowed from French soutenir, fitted to the conjugation of ține. MDA2 and the DLR name only the Latin verb, conjugated like that one…

It is inherited from Latin ornus (“manna ash”), with its form changed after ulm “elm”. Tiktin thinks it probably a book word. Cihac compared Italian orno, Spanish orno and French orne. De Vaan…

It is borrowed from French équipement (“equipment”). The French noun is formed équiper (“to equip”) with the suffix -ment. In Romanian it belongs with the verb echipa and the noun echipă, both taken…

It is borrowed from French actionner (“to set in motion; to sue”). DN compares Italian azionare as well. The French verb is formed on action with the verb ending -er. DELR notes that the Romanian…

It is borrowed from French avertir (“to warn”) in a Romanian form: DA calls it a neologism made after the French verb. The French verb meant at first “to turn” and “to notice”, then “to draw…

It is borrowed from French empreinte (“imprint”), the feminine past participle of empreindre (“to imprint, stamp”) used as a noun. The French verb comes from Latin imprimō (“to press into…

It is formed from Romanian supra- + viețui (“to live”), on the model of French survivre (“to survive”). The Romanian prefix renders French sur-, and viețui “to live” renders vivre. The French verb…

It is formed from Romanian continua + -re: the long infinitive of the verb, used as a noun of action. The verb is from French continuer and Latin continuō (“to make continuous, continue”), a…

1. The word for the cotton fabric is borrowed from English duck (“strong cotton cloth”), which is from Dutch doek (“cloth”). Scriban derived it from a Turkish word meaning “woven cloth”, and the…

It is borrowed from French énerver, a neologism of the 19th century. MDA2, DN and Wiktionary also name Latin ēnervō (“to cut the sinews of; to weaken”), and the DLR compares the Latin verb for the…

It is formed from Romanian felicita + -re, the long infinitive of the verb used as a noun. The verb, “to congratulate”, is from French féliciter; Marcu and Maneca also name Italian felicitare.

It is formed from Romanian freamăt (“rustle”). Ciorănescu allows that it may also continue Late Latin fremitō, as Pușcariu proposed, and compares Old Tuscan fremitare and Corsican frumita (“to…

It is borrowed from French enregistrer (“to register, to record”), a neologism of the 19th century. The French verb is formed with en- on registre (“register”) and the verb ending -er. Pontbriant…

It is the long infinitive of the verb “to register, record”, used as a noun: from Romanian înregistra + -re. The verb is borrowed from French enregistrer.

It is borrowed from French modalité. DN gives the French word only as a comparison, and Scriban derives it from the adjective modal with the French as model. Wiktionary notes that by surface…

It is borrowed from French opportunité, with Latin opportūnitās as a second source, a learned word of the 19th century. Scriban gives only the Latin word. Wiktionary notes that it also reads as from…

It is formed from Romanian traduce + -re, the long infinitive of the verb used as a noun of action. Traduce “to translate” is from Latin trādūcō and French traduire. Ciorănescu dates the Latin loan…

It is borrowed from French vitesse (“speed”). The French word is from Old French vistece, from vite (“quick”) and the suffix -esse. The Romanian ending is irregular: DER thinks the word was probably…

It is inherited from Latin cērinthē (“a plant, honeywort”), extended with the diminutive suffix -el, as Densusianu proposed in the journal Romania (volume 33). Pușcariu, the DA, CADE and Ciorănescu…

It is formed from Romanian ger (“frost, severe cold”) + -ar, literally the month of frost, as MDA2 and NODEX explain it. Most dictionaries see in it an older month name reshaped after the word for…

It is formed from Romanian adapta + -re: the long infinitive of the verb, used as a noun of action. The verb adapta is recorded from 1781 and comes from learned Latin adaptō (“to fit to”) and French…

It is borrowed from French couple (“pair, couple”). The French word, recorded as Old French cuple in the 12th century, is from Latin cōpula (“bond, tie; a pair joined by friendship or love”). The…

It is borrowed from French phase. NODEX names German Phase as well. The French word was borrowed in 1544 from Ancient Greek φάσις (phásis, “appearance; phase of the Moon”), a noun formed on φαίνω…

It is inherited from Latin barbula (“little beard”), a diminutive of the Latin word for beard, the view of Hasdeu, Candrea–Densusianu, the DA, Ciorănescu and Tiktin's 3rd edition. The first edition…

It is borrowed from French camion, first “a low cart or wagon for carrying goods”. The French word, recorded from 1352, also as chamion, is of uncertain origin. A link with Occitan caminar (“to…