LES LANGUES CLASSIQUES ET LA FILIERE FRANÇAISE – DEUX SOURCES D’EMPRUNTS LEXICAUX DANS LA TERMINOLOGIE MEDICALE ROUMAINE
CLASSICAL LANGUAGES AND THE FRENCH CHANNEL – TWO SOURCES OF LEXICAL BORROWINGS IN ROMANIAN MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this article is to illustrate the role of classical languages, Greek and Latin, in the constitution of Romanian medical terminology. In addition, the analysis highlights numerous examples of specialized terms which entered into Romanian medical language through a French channel, coming from various other languages such as Arabic, German, Italian or English, with the note that most of them have also classical Greek or Latin origin. Our research highlights linguistic and historical reality as well as the role of different linguistic interferences in the heterogeneity and modernization of the Romanian language.

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