Romanian words first recorded in the 19th century

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…

It is from Romanian daună (“damage, loss”), according to Tiktin, the DLR, MDA2, DEX and DN. Candrea, Philippide and Pușcariu took it instead from Latin damnō (“to harm”), as DELR reports. Wiktionary…

It is borrowed from French détective, as DEX, NODEX and MDA2 give it. The DLR and MDN name the English word beside the French one, and the DN compares it. French borrowed it in 1867 from English…

It is probably inherited from Vulgar Latin *drepanella, through an intermediate *drepănea, a diminutive of drepanis (“swift, sand martin”), which is from Ancient Greek δρεπανίς (drepanís). The Greek…

It is borrowed from French équipe (“team, crew”), a neologism of the late 19th century. The French noun comes from Middle French equippe, from the verb equipper “to equip”. Ciorănescu lists echipa…

MDA2 and DLR take it as a verb formed from Romanian merindă (“provisions”), the noun better known as merinde. Candrea and Densusianu derive it instead from a Latin verb merendō (“to take an…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *permedium, from the Latin phrase per medium (“through the middle”). Candrea–Densusianu compare French parmi and Italian tramezzo (“partition wall”), and the old…

Ciorănescu takes it as inherited from Latin vītex (“chaste tree”), probably through a Vulgar Latin form *vitricem, which also explains Italian vetrice (“osier willow”). The Academy dictionaries…

It is inherited from Latin plovēns (“raining”), an old form of pluēns, the present participle of pluō (“to rain”). Candrea and Densusianu explain the vowel /o/ of the Romanian word as kept under the…

It is a univerbation from Romanian de + sigur (“sure, certain”), the preposition and the adjective written together as one word. MDA2 records the older spelling ⟨de sigur⟩.

It is formed from Romanian dezgusta + -ător, from the verb meaning “to disgust” with the suffix that makes agent nouns and adjectives. The base verb dezgusta is made of the prefix dez- and gusta “to…

It is borrowed from French hôtel, as every dictionary says. The French word is inherited, through Old French ostel, from Late Latin hospitāle (“guest house”), the noun use of hospitālis (“of a guest…

It is borrowed from French illégal, according to DEX, MDA2 and the DILF. The neologism dictionaries add Italian illegale and Medieval Latin illēgālis. The Medieval Latin word is formed from Latin…

It is borrowed from French limite, at the same time borrowed from Latin līmes (“boundary”): the dictionaries name both models. The Marcu–Maneca dictionary names Italian limite too. Gabinschi counts…

It is borrowed from French location (“renting, hire”), with Latin locātiō (“a placing; a letting”) as a second model, a learned loan of the 19th century. The French word is a 13th-century borrowing…

It is borrowed from French moteur, the source all the dictionaries name. DEX 2009, MDA2, MDN and the DLR add German Motor, and DEX and the DLR also Latin mōtor (“mover”); DN only compares the German…

It is borrowed from French objectif, a 19th-century learned word. MDA2, DLR and Wiktionary also name borrowed from Medieval Latin objectīvus as a source. DEX names only French, Scriban only Latin…

It is inherited from Latin pecus (“cattle, livestock”), from Proto-Indo-European *péḱ-os (“livestock”). Wiktionary takes it from the plural of an older variant păc (plural pecuri), which the DLR…

It is formed from Romanian parca (“to park”) + -re, the long infinitive of the verb used as a noun. The verb is from French parquer, formed on parc.

It is borrowed from French piste. DEX, the DILF and Marcu also name borrowed from Italian pista as a model, and Marcu & Maneca compare the Italian word. The French noun was itself borrowed in 1559…

It is borrowed from French regret (“regret”), one of the French neologisms of the 19th century. The French noun continues Old French regret (“lamentation, complaint”), a deverbal noun of regreter…

The DLR and MDA2 take it as formed from Romanian rugi + -et, from the archaic verb meaning “to roar”. Wiktionary allows this or a descent from Latin rūgītus (“a roaring”) through a Vulgar Latin…

It is borrowed from French support. The French noun is a deverbal formation from French supporter, from Latin supportō (“to carry up, convey”), made of sub (“under”) and portō (“to carry”). The…

Its origin is unknown: DEX labels it of unknown etymology. The dictionaries compare it with tearfă “rag; loose woman”, which has the same senses. Ciorănescu calls it a doublet of the latter, which…

It is formed from Romanian vad (“ford”) + -os, according to MDA2 and the DLR. Ciorănescu lists it among the derivatives of vad as well, but notes that the REW traces it to Latin vadōsus (“full of…

It is borrowed from French virus, also modelled on Latin vīrus (“poison, venom”), a neologism with two models. Scriban gives only the Latin. French took it from Latin in 1478. The Latin word, which…

It is borrowed from French assumer and Latin assūmō, the Latin verb as a learned borrowing; DELR, DEX, MDA2 and MDN name both sources. Tiktin and the DA say it was formed after the French verb. The…

It is formed from Romanian ceară + -os, “full of wax”. Wiktionary compares Latin cērōsus (“full of wax”), Italian ceroso and French cireux, which have the same make-up, but the Romanian dictionaries…

MDA2, DEX and DLR take it as inherited from Latin nāsūtus (“having a long nose; witty”). Pușcariu, Candrea and Densusianu and the REW give the same etymon, and compare Italian nasuto, Logudorese…

It is inherited from Latin nūtrīcō (“to suckle, nurse”), as MDA2, DLR and Wiktionary give it. The Latin verb is formed on nūtrīx (“wet nurse”) and is used by Plautus and Varro. The REW lists its…

It is formed from Romanian plictisi + -tor, from the verb “to bore” with the agent and adjective suffix. The verb is from Modern Greek πλήττω (plítto), built on its aorist έπληξα (éplixa) or…

It is borrowed from French photographe (“photographer”), as DEX, MDA2 and the neologism dictionaries give it. Scriban derived it from fotografie. The French word is formed from Ancient Greek φῶς…

1. The word for the ball game is of uncertain origin: DEX and MDA2 call it unknown, and DLR only compares the Turkish word. Ciorănescu, after Bogrea, sees it as borrowed from Kipchak oyn (“game”)…

It is borrowed from French récupérer, with Latin recuperāre as a second source, a multiple etymology given by DEX, MDA2, the DLR and MDN; Wiktionary takes it from French, which had it from Latin…

It is borrowed from French téléphone, the source that Ciorănescu, DEX and the neologism dictionaries give, and according to MDA2 and the DLR it is also borrowed from German Telefon. Wiktionary gives…

It is from Romanian datori, the older form of datora “to owe”: the feminine of its past participle, “owed”, came to be used as a preposition governing the dative. MDA2 calls it a new formation and…

It is formed from Romanian plămân (“lung”) + -ărică, with a diminutive suffix, after the plant's use against lung diseases, as DEX and Wikționar give it. MDA2 instead forms it from Romanian…

It is borrowed from French merci (“thank you”), a Frenchism of the 19th century. The French word comes from Latin mercēs (“wages, reward”), which in Late Latin also came to mean “favour, grace”…

It is inherited from Latin Barbara, the name of the saint. DELR gives two explanations of its ⟨u⟩: assimilation to the ⟨b⟩ through the variant barboră (Candrea), or the influence of barbur, from…

It is formed from Romanian gust (“August”) + -ar, from a popular variant of the month name agust. That name continues Vulgar Latin agustus, the reduced popular form of Augustus, the name of the…

It is formed from Romanian bebe + -ăluș, a diminutive of the word for a baby. Wiktionary divides it differently, with the suffix -luș. The base is from French bébé, a word of French nursery…

DEX 2009, DN and MDN explain it as formed in Romanian, from Romanian distracție + -iv, made on the model of atracție beside atractiv. DELR instead takes it from French distractif, and MDA2 derives…

It is formed from Romanian iepure (“hare”) + -ar. Iepure continues Latin lepus (“hare”). Wiktionary also allows a direct descent from leporārius, the Latin adjective “of a hare”, and names levrier…

It is probably formed from Romanian cheag + -ar, from the word for rennet. MDA2 names the base in its variant ⟨cheug⟩. Wiktionary also mentions Vulgar Latin *clagorium, going back to coagulum…

It is inherited from Latin coccinus (“scarlet”), a shepherds' colour word applied to sheep. Wiktionary allows also the longer Latin form coccineus (“scarlet-dyed”). The Latin adjective is from…