Latin stock Like all languages, Romansh has its own archaisms, that is, words derived from Latin that in most other Romance languages have fallen out of use or taken niche meanings. Examples include baselgia "church" (cf. Vegliote bašalka, Romanian biserică), nuidis "grudgingly, reluctantly" (< Latin invitus), urar "to pray" (cf. Portuguese orar, Romanian a ura ‘to wish’), aura "weather" (cf. Old French ore, Aromanian avrî), scheiver "carnival",Schläpfer & Bickel 2000 cudesch "book", the last two of which are only found in Romansh. The non-Engadinese dialects retain anceiver ~ entschaiver "to begin", from Latin incipere, otherwise found only in Romanian începe, whereas Surmiran and Engadinese (Putèr, Vallader) and all other Romance languages retain a reflex of Latin *cuminitiāre, e.g. Engadinese (s)cumanzar, Italian cominciare, French commencer. Other examples are memia (adv.) "too much" from Latin nimia (adj., fem.) (otherwise only found in Old Occitan),Liver in Schläpfer & Bickel 2000, p. 217 vess "difficult" from Latin vix "seldom" (cf. Old Spanish abés, Romanian abia < ad vix), and Engadinese encleger "to understand" (vs. non-Engadinese capir), also found in Romanian înțelege and Albanian (n)dëgjoj, from Latin intellegere. Some unique innovations include tedlar "to listen" from Latin titulare and patertgar "to think" from pertractare.
Latin stock Like all languages Romansh has its own archaisms that is words derived from Latin that in most other Romance languages have fallen out of use or taken niche meanings Examples include baselgia "church" (cf Vegliote bašalka Romanian biserică) nuidis "grudgingly reluctantly" (< Latin invitus) urar "to pray" (cf Portuguese orar Romanian a ura ‘to wish’) aura "weather" (cf Old French ore Aromanian avrî) scheiver "carnival"Schläpfer & Bickel 2000 cudesch "book" the last two of which are only found in Romansh The non-Engadinese dialects retain anceiver ~ entschaiver "to begin" from Latin incipere otherwise found only in Romanian începe whereas Surmiran and Engadinese (Putèr Vallader) and all other Romance languages retain a reflex of Latin *cuminitiāre eg Engadinese (s)cumanzar Italian cominciare French commencer Other examples are memia (adv) "too much" from Latin nimia (adj fem) (otherwise only found in Old Occitan)Liver in Schläpfer & Bickel 2000 p 217 vess "difficult" from Latin vix "seldom" (cf Old Spanish abés Romanian abia < ad vix) and Engadinese encleger "to understand" (vs non-Engadinese capir) also found in Romanian înțelege and Albanian (n)dëgjoj from Latin intellegere Some unique innovations include tedlar "to listen" from Latin titulare and patertgar "to think" from pertractare