premândă
Romanian
Etymology
Probably from Late Latin praebenda (“a payment”), from Latin praebendus (“which is to be proferred”). Compare Italian provenda, profenda, Old French provende. Cf. also the neological doublet prebendă.
Noun
premândă f (plural premânde)
- (archaic, regional) payment (usually consisting of grains, cereals, and other produce) for an agricultural worker or ploughboy
- (archaic, regional) part of the offering or alms given to the church singers
Further reading
- premândă in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)