negoț

From Latin negōtium. An alternative theory includes the possibility of a borrowing from Italian negozio instead (as Latin -tium would have normally yielded -ci), but there may have been a change in suffix in the local Vulgar Latin speech. The presence of the diphthongized plural form negoațe in the sixteenth century, however, seems to reinforce it as an inherited term.[1]

negoț n (plural negoțuri)

1. (rare) trade, commerce, business

• comerț, afacere

• neguța
• negustor