Where the Romanian word “biet” comes from
Of unknown origin.
- DEX ’98 says
Cf. sl. bĕdinŭ.
→ Unknown origin · DEX '98- Wiktionary says
- Inherited Latin (a different language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Latin vetus
- In film dialogue
- 41 times per million words · number 1,547 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 3.0 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 352 379 305 366 184 - Swap in a synonym
- prost (Old Slavic), nenorocit (Made in Romanian), slab (Old Slavic), sărac (Neighbouring Slavic languages), mizerabil (French), sărman (Neighbouring Slavic languages), neînsemnat (Made in Romanian), regretat (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