Aromanian words first recorded in the 18th century

It is borrowed from Modern Greek πρώτος (prótos, “first”), and the adverb prota is the Greek adverb πρώτα (próta, “first, at first”). The Modern Greek word continues Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos…

Its origin is disputed. Pușcariu takes it as inherited from Vulgar Latin *putinus, a derivative of Latin putus (“boy”), formed as masculīnus was formed from masculus; Wiktionary takes *putinus as a…

1. The adjective "holy" is inherited from Latin sānctus (“sacred, holy”), the participle of sanciō (“to make sacred”), from Proto-Italic *sanktos. Meyer explains the group mt from a form *samptus…

It is inherited from Late Latin sēra (“evening”), which Wiktionary explains as short for sēra diēs (“late day”), from sērus (“late”). De Vaan traces sērus to Proto-Italic *sēro- (“late”) and…

It is inherited from Latin signum (“mark, sign”), a derivation Nikolaidis already gave. Pascu lists for the Latin word the senses mark, imprint, trace, seal, standard, omen, gesture and troop, which…

It is inherited from Latin curtus (“cut short, mutilated”), or a Vulgar Latin *excurtus formed from it with the prefix ex-. Pascu explains the initial s by the influence of the verb for "to…

It is inherited from Latin sciō (“to know”), as Meyer already noted. The verb is common to the four Eastern Romance languages: Romanian ști, Megleno-Romanian știu and Istro-Romanian știwu. In the…

It is inherited from Latin singulus (“single, one by one; alone”), as Nikolaidis also has it. For the r in place of Latin l Pascu compares singulāris. The Latin word is mostly used in the plural…

It is inherited from Latin stō (“to stand, halt”). Pascu traces the second stem of the verb, seen in the imperfect and in the second infinitive (see Forms), to the Latin perfect stetī. The verb is…

It is inherited from Latin stringō (“to draw tight, bind”), as Pușcariu and Capidan also derive it. The verb is shared with Romanian strânge and Megleno-Romanian string. Further west the Latin verb…

It is inherited from Latin tata (“dad, daddy”); Papahagi derives the plural from the Latin plural of the same word. Nikolaidis, too, derives the plural from medieval Latin, though he takes Latin…

It is inherited from Latin *te-ne according to Papahagi, an extended form of tē (“you (accusative)”); Wiktionary also traces it to tē, with the same ending as mini "I, me". Nikolaidis saw in it…

It is borrowed from Modern Greek τώρα (tóra, “now”). The Greek adverb appears in Medieval Greek; Babiniotis derives it, probably, from the phrase Ancient Greek τῇ ὥρᾳ (têi hṓrāi, “at this hour”)…

It is inherited from Latin trāiciō (“to throw across, to cross”), formed from trāns- (“across”) and iaciō (“to throw”). Pușcariu notes that the spelling with j is an etymologising one, and that the…

It is inherited from Latin trēs (“three”), from Proto-Italic *trejes and Proto-Indo-European *tréyes (“three”). The Latin word is cognate with Oscan trís, Ancient Greek τρεῖς (treîs) and English…

It is inherited from Latin teneō (“to hold”). De Vaan traces it to Proto-Italic *t(e)nē- and Proto-Indo-European *tn-eh₁- (“to hold”). The word is common to the four Eastern Romance languages…

It is inherited from Latin tōtus (“whole, all”). Pascu derives it from tōtus and the form tottus, or from *tuttus, the source of Italian tutto; the spelling with double t was censured by the…

It is inherited from Latin ūnus (“one”), with the feminine from ūna. De Vaan traces Latin ūnus, Old Latin oino, to Proto-Italic *oino- and Proto-Indo-European *Hoi-no- (“one”), the source also of…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *ad tunce (“at that time”), which Pascu explains as ad (“to, at”) and tunc (“then”) reinforced with the particle -ce. Ciorănescu reconstructs *ad tunc ce. De Vaan…

It is inherited from Latin bene (“well”). The word is common to Eastern Romance: Romanian bine, Megleno-Romanian bini and Istro-Romanian bire. Its western cognates include Italian bene, French bien…

It is inherited from Latin mēns (“mind”), in the accusative mentem. The word is shared by Romanian minte and Megleno-Romanian minti, and survives across Romance: Italian mente, Spanish miente…

It is borrowed from Modern Greek ανάμεσα (anámesa, “between, among”), the form without the initial vowel of anamisa; Geagea lists the short form from Daniil and other old texts. Wiktionary instead…

It is inherited from Latin inter (“between, among”) according to Pascu, and Ciorănescu and Pușcariu list the Aromanian word with the Romanian cognate of inter, Romanian între. Papahagi derives it…

It is inherited from Latin intrō (“inside, within”), a Latin adverb that later came to be used as a preposition. In Latin, intrō meant "inside, indoors", above all with verbs of motion; de Vaan…