Where the Romanian word “avea” comes from
Inherited from Latin.
- DEX ’98 says
- Homonym 1 (vb.):
Lat. habere.
→ Inherited Latin · DEX '98 - Homonym 2 (vb. aux.):
Lat. habere.
→ Inherited Latin · DEX '98 - Wiktionary says
- Inherited Latin (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Latin habeō ← Proto-Italic habēō ← Proto-Indo-European gʰh₁bʰ-
- In film dialogue
- 44,466 times per million words · number 2 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 26,347 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 27,490 23,569 25,027 22,117 25,583 - Swap in a synonym
- putea (Inherited Latin), ști (Inherited Latin), ține (Inherited Latin), găsi (Unknown origin), exista (French), simți (Inherited Latin), primi (Old Slavic), iubi (Old Slavic)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card