Aromanian words from Latin
102 Aromanian words with Latin in their history, whether borrowed directly or passed on through other languages (page 2).
nai
1. The adverb is borrowed from Bulgarian най (naj, “most, forming superlatives”). Papahagi notes that it belongs to the northern Aromanian varieties and that it is synonymous with cama and dip, so…
nãs
It is inherited from Latin ipse (“himself, herself, itself”), in its form ipsus, which de Vaan records for the nominative in early Latin. Nikolaidis, after Miklosich, already traced it to ipse…
nãuntru
Its origin is debated. According to Pascu it is inherited from Latin illāc (“by that way, there”) followed by intrō (“inside, within”), and compares Romanian lăuntru and Italian laentro; Candrea and…
ningã
1. The adverb is inherited from Latin unquam (“ever, at any time”) according to Pascu, Candrea and Densusianu, Capidan and Ciorănescu. Candrea and Densusianu explain the initial n of the Aromanian…
noi
It is inherited from Latin nōs (“we, us”), with a final -i that has been explained in several ways: Pascu sees in it an added ending, Candrea and Densusianu the regular change of final -s to -i in…
nou
It is inherited from Latin novus (“new”), which de Vaan traces to Proto-Italic *nowo- and Proto-Indo-European *neuo- (“new, young”). Its cognates include Ancient Greek νέος (néos) and the English…
nu
It is inherited from Latin nōn (“not”). Nikolaidis gave the same Latin source. The adverb is shared by the four Eastern Romance languages: Romanian nu, Megleno-Romanian nu and Istro-Romanian nu…
numã
It is inherited from Latin nōmen (“name”), as Meyer already noted. Pascu alone files it among the Greek loans, from Modern Greek ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”). The word is common to the four Eastern Romance…
oarã
It is inherited from Latin hōra (“hour”). The word is shared with Romanian oară and Megleno-Romanian oară (“hour”); the Romance languages have Italian ora, French heure, Spanish hora and Vegliote…
om
It is inherited from Latin homō (“human being, man”), and its plural continues the Latin plural hominēs. The word is common to the four Eastern Romance languages: Romanian om, Megleno-Romanian uom…
or
It is inherited from Latin ōrō (“to plead, speak; to pray”), as Pascu and Papahagi both state. De Vaan takes pleading and speaking openly as the original sense of the Latin verb and explains it as a…
pãnã
It is inherited from Latin paene (“almost”) followed by ad (“to”), as Pascu, Wiktionary and Capidan explain it. Pascu assumes that the Latin adverb went from "almost" to "near", as prope (“near…
parti
It is inherited from Latin pars (“part, piece”), as Nikolaidis already saw. De Vaan reconstructs Proto-Italic *parti- (“part”) and, following Schrijver, explains it as a pre-Latin formation from the…
pot
It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *poteō (“to be able”), a regularised form of Latin possum (“I can”) that replaced the classical verb. DÉRom reconstructs the verb for Proto-Romance with the sense…
pri
1. The preposition is inherited from Latin per (“through, across”). It is the same word as Romanian pe (older pre), Megleno-Romanian pri and Istro-Romanian pre; Pușcariu and Candrea–Densusianu set…
pristi
It is from Latin per (“through”) + extrā (“outside, beyond”), according to Papahagi and Pascu. Wiktionary derives it instead from per and super (“over, above”). For the Romanian word, Ciorănescu…
shi
It is inherited from Latin sīc (“so, thus, in this way”). The Latin adverb is the locative of an old demonstrative stem *so- with the particle -ce; Wiktionary explains it as the regular shortening…
shilji
Its origin is uncertain. Giuglea proposed that it is inherited from Latin exīlia (“fine stuff”), the neuter plural of exīlis (“thin, fine”); REW accepts this, glossing the Aromanian word "fine dust…
shtiu
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…
spãn
According to Papahagi's dictionary it is inherited from Vulgar Latin *spanus, a Latin form of Ancient Greek σπανός (spanós), and Pascu gives the same etymon after Cihac. Geagea instead takes it…
stringu
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…
sum
It is inherited from Latin subtus (“underneath, below”), an adverb that Latin also used as a preposition. The Latin word was formed from sub (“under”), with its ending on the model of intus…
tatã
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…
tãu
It is inherited from Latin tuus (“your”). Ciorănescu explains the Romanian and Aromanian vowel from a dissimilated *toum, as suum became *soum, or from *teum, remade after meum. Pascu derives the…
ti
1. The preposition ti “for” is a reduced form of trã: Cunia refers ti to trã, and Papahagi's dictionary refers it to tã and to the same preposition. The fuller trã is inherited from Latin inter…
tini
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…
trã
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…
trec
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…
trei
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…
tru
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…
tsi
It is inherited from Latin quid (“what”). Latin quid is the neuter of the interrogative quis (“who”), from Proto-Italic *kʷid and Proto-Indo-European *kʷid (“what”). The word is common to the four…
tsiva
It is formed from Aromanian tsi + -va, from the pronoun tsi (“what”) and an indefinite ending. Tsi is inherited from Latin quid (“what”). Wiktionary compares Romanian ceva, Megleno-Romanian tsiva…
tu
1. The preposition is a shortened form of tru, which lost its r; Pascu files it among the forms of that word, Papahagi's dictionary refers from one to the other, and Cunia defines it there. That…
tut
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…
un
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…
urlu
It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *ūrulō, a dissimilated form of Latin ululō (“to howl”). Pascu gives the Latin ululō directly. De Vaan calls ululō an onomatopoeic verb imitating a u-like sound; its…
ushi
It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *ustia (“door”), the Latin plural of ostium (“door”) in its form *ustium, which became a feminine singular. Pascu sets out the same chain from ostium and its…
vãr
It is a short form of vãrnu: Papahagi and Cunia refer the shorter form to it, and Pascu files it among its forms. For Wiktionary, vãrnu is inherited from Vulgar Latin *vēreūnus (“truly one”), from…
voi
It is inherited from Latin vōs (“you (plural)”), with a final -i added, as Pascu explains it; the long dative continues vōbīs (“to you”) and the short accusative continues vōs. In Latin, vōs is from…
yin
1. The wine is inherited from Latin vīnum (“wine”). It is common to the four Eastern Romance languages: Romanian vin, Megleno-Romanian vin and Istro-Romanian vir. The Latin word lives on all over…
yis
The noun yis “dream” is inherited from Latin vīsum (“something seen, a vision”), the neuter of the past participle of videō (“to see”). In Latin it meant an appearance, especially one seen in a…
yiu
It is inherited from Latin vīvus (“alive, living”). The Oxford Latin Dictionary derives the adjective from vīvō (“to live”); Wiktionary traces it to Proto-Italic *gʷīwos and Proto-Indo-European…