Unknown origin

Where the Romanian word “băț” comes from

Of unknown origin.

DEX ’98 says

Et. nec. → Unknown origin · DEX '98

Wiktionary says

Unknown origin (same language)

In film dialogue

25 times per million words · number 2,175 among spoken words

In Wikipedia

6.9 times per million words

In Romanian prose, per million words

1825–1849	1850–1874	1875–1899	1900–1924	1925–1949
50	33	58	36	32

Swap in a synonym

pleca (Inherited Latin), drept (Inherited Latin), nimic (Inherited Latin), porni (Old Slavic), ruina (Learned Latin), rigid (French), chibrit (Turkish), sărăci (Made in Romanian)

Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card

More words from the same layer

dar, iar, găsi, puțin, copil, ban, privi, băiat, naibă, ori, adică, vorbă