List of English words of Romanian origin
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This is a word in the English language
which come from Romanian
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Usually cited as being from the Romanian verb a păstra, to keep or preserve, which entered into Yiddish
and hence into English.http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=pastrami&searchmode=none Another theory suggests it is ultimately from Turkish
and entered into Romanian as a loanword
, and another suggests connections with Greek
πσατώνως pastonos, "I salt".
Note that there is only one word of common usage in English which may claim Romanian origin. This is due largely to the language's isolation from proper Latin, as well as the political isolation endured by the country. These conditions have prevented the spread of Romanian vocabulary outside of its native land.
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
which come from Romanian
Romanian language
Romanian Romanian Romanian (or Daco-Romanian; obsolete spellings Rumanian, Roumanian; self-designation: română, limba română ("the Romanian language") or românește (lit. "in Romanian") is a Romance language spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova...
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- pastramiPastramiPastrami , is a popular delicatessen meat usually made from beef and, traditionally in Romania, also from pork and mutton. In Israel, "Pastrama" is the term used for sliced chicken and turkey. Like corned beef, pastrami was originally created as a way to preserve meat before modern refrigeration...
- a type of cured meat
Usually cited as being from the Romanian verb a păstra, to keep or preserve, which entered into Yiddish
Yiddish language
Yiddish is a High German language of Ashkenazi Jewish origin, spoken throughout the world. It developed as a fusion of German dialects with Hebrew, Aramaic, Slavic languages and traces of Romance languages...
and hence into English.http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=pastrami&searchmode=none Another theory suggests it is ultimately from Turkish
Turkish language
Turkish is a language spoken as a native language by over 83 million people worldwide, making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Its speakers are located predominantly in Turkey and Northern Cyprus with smaller groups in Iraq, Greece, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo,...
and entered into Romanian as a loanword
Loanword
A loanword is a word borrowed from a donor language and incorporated into a recipient language. By contrast, a calque or loan translation is a related concept where the meaning or idiom is borrowed rather than the lexical item itself. The word loanword is itself a calque of the German Lehnwort,...
, and another suggests connections with Greek
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
πσατώνως pastonos, "I salt".
Note that there is only one word of common usage in English which may claim Romanian origin. This is due largely to the language's isolation from proper Latin, as well as the political isolation endured by the country. These conditions have prevented the spread of Romanian vocabulary outside of its native land.