Where the Romanian word “alb” comes from
Inherited from Latin.
- DEX ’98 says
- Homonym 1 (adj.):
Lat. albus.
→ Inherited Latin · DEX '98 - Homonym 2 (s.m.):
Lat. albus.
→ Inherited Latin · DEX '98 - Homonym 3 (s.n.):
Lat. albus.
→ Inherited Latin · DEX '98 - Wiktionary says
- Inherited Latin (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Latin albus ← Proto-Italic alβos ← Proto-Indo-European h₂élbʰos
- In film dialogue
- 158 times per million words · number 539 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 363 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 304 525 423 697 713 - Swap in a synonym
- pur (Learned Latin), curat (Made in Romanian), zăpadă (Unknown origin), nevinovat (Made in Romanian), strălucitor (Made in Romanian), luminos (Inherited Latin), limpede (Inherited Latin), deodată (Made in Romanian)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card