English
Securitate
Securitate comes from Romanian Securitate ‘security’.
- Romanianc. 1500–presentSecuritate‘security’
- Englishearliest quotation 1999same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Romanianc. 1500–presentSecuritate‘security’
- Englishearliest quotation 1999same form
Earliest quotation: 1999, Chris Stephen: “My young interpreter scowls, inserting into her translation her…”
Every English word from Romanian Securitate
Today it means
name The official state security and secret police force of Romania under Communist rule.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Romanian Securitate / Securitate