Romanian words from English
5 Romanian words with English in their history, whether borrowed directly or passed on through other languages.
club
It is borrowed from French club, which is from English club; DEX and MDA2 name both French and English as sources, and Tiktin allows a direct English loan as well as one through another language…
dolar
It is borrowed from English dollar, and at the same time borrowed from French dollar: DELR, MDA2, DEX and the neologism dictionaries name both sources. Tiktin, Scriban and Wiktionary give English…
gol
1. The word for a goal in football is borrowed from English goal. It was at first also spelled ⟨goal⟩, as in English. Bulgarian гол (gol) is the same loan from English. 2. The word for “naked…
script
It is borrowed from English script, a recent anglicism. Dimitrescu also compares French script. The English word goes back to Latin scrīptum (“something written”), from scrībō (“to write”). Old…
spin
1. The word for the thorn is inherited from Latin spīnus (“blackthorn”). The Latin noun comes from spīna (“thorn”), from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“sharp point”). It survives in Aromanian schin…