Where the Romanian word “bețiv” comes from
Of unknown origin.
- DEX ’98 says
- Homonym 1 (adj.):
Cf. lat. *bibitivus.
→ Unknown origin · DEX '98 - Homonym 2 (s.m.):
Cf. lat. *bibitivus.
→ Unknown origin · DEX '98 - Wiktionary says
- Inherited Latin (a different language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Vulgar Latin ← Latin bibitus
- In film dialogue
- 14 times per million words · number 3,244 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 1.4 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 17 29 22 35 20 - Swap in a synonym
- tare (Inherited Latin), alcoolic (French), băutor (Made in Romanian)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card
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