Where the Romanian word “bătrân” comes from
Inherited from Latin.
- DEX ’98 says
- Homonym 1 (adj.):
Lat. betranus (= veteranus).
→ Inherited Latin · DEX '98 - Homonym 2 (s.m.):
Lat. betranus (= veteranus).
→ Inherited Latin · DEX '98 - Wiktionary says
- Inherited Latin (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Vulgar Latin ← Late Latin vetrānus ← Latin veterānus
- In film dialogue
- 163 times per million words · number 530 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 80 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 598 498 635 658 460 - Swap in a synonym
- tată (Inherited Latin), mamă (Inherited Latin), vechi (Inherited Latin), părinte (Inherited Latin), bunic (Made in Romanian), bunică (Made in Romanian), moș (Made in Romanian), strămoș (Made in Romanian)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card