Romanian words from Latin
2429 Romanian words with Latin in their history, whether borrowed directly or passed on through other languages (page 36).
străpunge
DEX, Șăineanu and Wiktionary take it as inherited from Vulgar Latin *extrāpungō, with the prefix extrā- put in place of the one in *trānspungō, from Latin pungō (“to prick”). Papahagi derives…
strat
It is inherited from Latin strātum (“bedding, coverlet; bed”), the neuter of strātus, the perfect passive participle of sternō (“to spread”). Its Romance cognates include Old Italian strato, Occitan…
strecura
It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *extracōlō, from Latin cōlō (“to strain”). Ciorănescu gives this form after Pușcariu, and also *transcōlō after Cipariu and G. Meyer. Pascu treats the two as the…
strica
It is inherited from Latin extrīcō (“to disentangle, set free”). The Latin verb is formed from ex- and trīcae (“hindrances, tricks”). Ciorănescu explains the Romanian senses from “to undo what…
strict
It is borrowed from French strict and directly borrowed from Latin strictus (“drawn tight; strict”), the two sources DEX, the DLR and MDA2 give. Ciorănescu names only the French word, Scriban only…
striga
It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *strigō (“to screech like an owl”) in the most likely explanation, a verb formed on Latin strix (“screech owl”). Ciorănescu compares the French name of the owl…
structură
It is borrowed from Latin structūra (“building, construction”), also borrowed from French structure: the dictionaries name both sources. Scriban gave only the Latin word. The Latin noun is formed on…
strup
Ciorănescu takes it as inherited from Latin struppus (“strap, thong”), also stroppus, after Pascu and Candrea, and adds that the Latin word may have reached Romanian indirectly. The DEX gives the…
student
It is borrowed from Italian studente, with German Student as a second source, as DEX, MDA2, Tiktin and the DLR give it; DEX and MDN add borrowed from Latin studēns, and DN puts the German word…
studiu
It is a learned borrowing, borrowed from Latin studium (“zeal, application, study”), with Italian studio as a second model. The neologism dictionaries name both, and Marcu and Maneca also compare…
stupă
1. The word for tow is inherited from Latin stuppa (“coarse flax or hemp, tow”). Latin took it from Ancient Greek στύππη (stúppē). Ciorănescu cites Pușcariu, Philippide and the REW, and compares…
stupi
It is probably inherited from Vulgar Latin *stupiō (“to spit”), a crossing of *scuppiō (the source of the common verb for spitting) with Latin spūtō (“to spit”). Densusianu had reconstructed the…
stupid
It is borrowed from French stupide and directly borrowed from Latin stupidus (“dazed, stunned”), one of the words for which Romanian dictionaries name more than one source. MDA2 and DLR add Italian…
sturz
It is inherited from Latin turdus (“thrush”). The final /z/ comes from the plural: turdī gave Romanian ⟨turzi⟩, from which a new singular was made. The initial /s/ is usually explained by the…
sub
It is inherited from Latin subtus (“below, underneath”), a Latin adverb that later also served as a preposition. The Latin word was formed on sub (“under”) with the ending of intus (“within”). Older…
subiect
It is a learned borrowing borrowed from Latin subiectum (“that which is placed under; subject”). The old variant sujet is borrowed from French sujet, and MDA2 and the DLR give both sources…
șubred
Its origin is unknown to most dictionaries: DEX, the DLR, MDA2, Tiktin, Scriban and Șăineanu leave it open. Ciorănescu's tentative view is that it is inherited from Latin hybridus (“hybrid”), with…
substanță
It is borrowed from Latin substantia (“substance, being, essence”), a learned borrowing. The dictionaries of neologisms and DEX give French substance as the source, alone or beside the Latin word…
subsuoară
It is formed from Romanian sub- + *suoară, a lost older word for the armpit. That word is from Late Latin subāla (“armpit”), from the phrase sub (“under”) āla (“wing; armpit”). Tiktin explains the…
subția
It is inherited from Late Latin subtīliō (“to make fine, make thin”), a verb formed on subtīlis (“fine, thin”). The Latin adjective is explained as sub + tēla (“web”), originally a weaving term for…
subtil
It is borrowed from French subtil, and it is also borrowed from Latin subtīlis (“fine, thin; subtle”), a learned loan of the 19th century. The “Dicționar de neologisme” gives French as the source…
subțire
It is inherited from Latin subtīlis (“fine in texture, thin”). The Latin word was apparently formed on sub (“under”) and tēla (“web”) and was first a weaving term. Pușcariu considered supțire the…
suc
It is borrowed from French suc, also borrowed from Latin sūcus (“juice, sap”), the sources the dictionaries name together. Ciorănescu gives French alone, Tiktin gives Italian succo, and Marcu and…
sudoare
It is inherited from Latin sūdōrem (“sweat”). The Latin noun is formed on sūdō (“to sweat”) and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *sweyd- (“to sweat”). It survives in Aromanian asudoari. Romance…
suferi
It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *sufferīre, the popular form of sufferō (“to bear, endure”). Ciorănescu, MDA2 and the DLR start from the Latin verb itself. The Latin verb is formed from sub- and…
suferință
It is formed from Romanian suferi + -ință, the verb “to suffer” with the suffix of abstract nouns. DEX, DER and Wiktionary add that it was modelled on French souffrance, and Tiktin names Italian…
suficient
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…
sufla
It is inherited from Latin sufflō (“to blow, puff up”). The Latin verb is formed from sub- and flō (“to blow”). It survives south of the Danube: Aromanian suflu and Megleno-Romanian suflu. Its…
sufleca
The origin is uncertain. The usual view is that it is inherited from Vulgar Latin *subfollicō (“to puff up like a bellows”), formed on follis (“bellows”) (Romanian foale): Pușcariu proposed it, and…
suflet
It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *sufflitus (“breath”), a noun built on sufflō (“to blow”) as hālitus (“breath”) was built on hālō (“to breathe”); this is the explanation of Meyer and Candrea…
sufoca
It is borrowed from French suffoquer. DEX, DN and MDN also give it as borrowed from Latin suffocō (“to choke, strangle”). French borrowed the verb from Latin in the 13th century; the Latin verb is…
suge
It is inherited from Latin sūgō (“to suck”). The word survives in all four branches: Aromanian sug, Megleno-Romanian sug and Istro-Romanian sugu. Its Romance cognates include Italian suggere and…
sugel
It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *sūgillum, sigillum (“seal; little figure”) crossed with sūgillō (“to beat black and blue, bruise”). Ciorănescu follows Pușcariu and the REW, and compares Italian…
sugestie
It is borrowed from French suggestion, with borrowed from Latin suggestiō named beside it. The DLR and NODEX give French alone. The French word is borrowed from the Latin one.
sughița
It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *subgluttiō (“to hiccup, sob”). Tiktin explains the Vulgar Latin verb as a cross of singultō (“to sob, hiccup”) with gluttiō (“to swallow”), with the obscure ⟨sin-⟩…
sui
It is inherited from Latin subeō (“to go under; to go up, approach”). The Latin verb is formed from sub- (“under”) and eō (“to go”). The verb survives in Megleno-Romanian as sui. Its Romance…
șuiera
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…
sul
It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *sublum or *subulum, a form without the prefix of insūbulum (“weaver's beam”). Ciorănescu cites Candrea, Pușcariu, Philippide, the REW and Pascu for this view…
sulă
It is inherited from Latin sūbula (“awl”), through a syncopated Vulgar Latin *subla. The word survives in all four branches: Aromanian sulă, Megleno-Romanian sulă and Istro-Romanian sule. Its…
sulc
It is borrowed from Latin sulcus (“furrow”), a Latinism. The Latin noun goes back to Proto-Italic *solkos and Proto-Indo-European *solk-o- (“furrow”), related to Ancient Greek ἕλκω (hélkō, “to draw…
suleget
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…
sulfină
It is inherited from Latin sulfīna, a Latin name of an unidentified plant recorded by A. Thomas; the name is formed on sulphur (“sulphur”) and refers to the yellow colour of the flowers. Candrea had…
sumă
It goes back to the Latin noun for “total, sum”, the feminine of Latin summus (“highest”), but the dictionaries disagree on the route. Tiktin takes it as an indirect, late loan from Latin, and…
sumete
It is inherited from Latin summittere (“to let down, lower; to put under”), also written submittō. The Latin verb is formed from sub- and mittō (“to send, let go”). Romanian kept a sense of its own…
suna
It is inherited from Latin sonō (“to sound”), which goes back to Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- (“to sound, resound”). It survives in Aromanian asun and Megleno-Romanian sun. Romance cognates include…
sunătoare
It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *sanatōria (“healing (herb)”), short for a phrase with herba (“herb”), from sanatōrius (“healing”), from sānō (“to heal”). The name refers to the plant's healing…
sunet
It is inherited from Latin sonitus (“sound, noise”), a noun formed on sonō (“to sound”). Pușcariu discusses it as article 1695 of his Latin dictionary, and the REW lists only Romanian for the Latin…
supăra
It is inherited from Latin superō (“to surpass, overcome”). Ciorănescu lists the scholars who held this view, from Cipariu and Cihac to Pușcariu, Pascu and the REW. The verb survives as Aromanian…
superior
It is borrowed from Latin superior (“higher, upper”), with French supérieur as a second model. Tiktin and Scriban give only the Latin source. The Latin word is the comparative of superus (“that is…
suporta
It is borrowed from French supporter, and also borrowed from Latin supportāre, the two sources that DLR, MDA2, NODEX and the neologism dictionaries name; DEX and DILF give only French. Tiktin names…
supune
It is inherited from Latin suppōnō (“to place under; to subject”), formed with sub- (“under”) on pōnō (“to put, place”). Ciorănescu follows Pușcariu, Candrea and Densusianu and the REW. The REW…
surcea
It is inherited from Vulgar Latin surcellus (“twig”), a popular variant of surculus (“shoot, twig”), which is a diminutive of sūrus (“post, stake, branch”). The regular outcome of the Latin word is…
surd
It is inherited from Latin surdus (“deaf”). Wiktionary traces the Latin word to Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“ringing, whistling”); de Vaan notes that this root does not explain the meaning. The word…
surpa
It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *subrūpāre (“to undermine, bring down”), formed on rūpēs (“cliff, rock”) with sub- (“under”). The reconstruction goes back to Cihac, G. Meyer, Pușcariu and Pascu…
sus
It is inherited from Latin sūsum (“upward”), the popular form of sursum with /rs/ reduced to /s/. The form without /r/ is already written by Cato. The classical form was formed from sub (“under”)…
suspicios
DEX, MDA2 and the DLR give two sources for this learned word: it is borrowed from Latin suspīciōsus (“full of mistrust”), and at the same time borrowed from French suspicieux. Marcu's dictionary of…
suspina
It is inherited from Latin suspīrō (“to sigh”). MDA2 writes the etymon as ⟨suspinare⟩. Its source is formed from Latin sub- + spīrō (“to breathe”). South of the Danube the verb is Aromanian suschir…
șușta
MDA2 and the DLR call its origin unknown. Ciorănescu lists it as sușta “to rise up”. In his view, after a proposal of Drăganu in the journal Dacoromania, it is inherited from Latin suscitō (“to…
susține
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…
suvoalbe
It is probably inherited from Latin subvolvere (“to roll up, raise”), from sub- and volvō (“to roll”). Candrea and Densusianu explain the meaning from “to bend, bring down”, said of someone one…