Where the Romanian word “acela” comes from
Inherited from Latin.
- DEX ’98 says
Lat. *ecce-illu, ecce-illa.
→ Inherited Latin · DEX '98- Wiktionary says
- Inherited Latin (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Latin ecce
- In film dialogue
- 485 times per million words · number 221 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 250 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 1,268 1,092 1,283 1,137 1,310 - Swap in a synonym
- apoi (Inherited Latin), cela (Made in Romanian), deci (Made in Romanian), acel (Inherited Latin), ăla (Inherited Latin), puternic (Made in Romanian), minunat (Made in Romanian), așadar (Made in Romanian)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card