Where the Romanian word “bântui” comes from
From Hungarian.
- DEX ’98 says
Din magh. bántani.
→ Hungarian · DEX '98- Wiktionary says
- Hungarian (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Hungarian bántani
- In film dialogue
- 13 times per million words · number 3,382 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 4.4 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 12 15 11 13 8.1 - Swap in a synonym
- bate (Inherited Latin), supăra (Inherited Latin), jefui (Made in Romanian), pedepsi (Greek), chinui (Made in Romanian), tulbura (Inherited Latin), devasta (French), cutreiera (Inherited Latin)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card
More words from the same layer
oraș, fel, hei, maghiar, seamă, locui, gând, celui, uriaș, alcătui, marfă, bănui