Where the Romanian word “bătaie” comes from
Inherited from Latin.
- DEX ’98 says
Lat. batt(u)allia.
→ Inherited Latin · DEX '98- Wiktionary says
- Inherited Latin (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Late Latin battālia ← Latin battuō
- In film dialogue
- 70 times per million words · number 1,018 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 15 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 113 165 131 142 112 - Swap in a synonym
- război (Old Slavic), muncă (Old Slavic), lumină (Inherited Latin), luptă (Inherited Latin), bate (Inherited Latin), bătălie (Greek), grăbi (Neighbouring Slavic languages), înfrângere (Made in Romanian)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card