Where the Romanian word “bob” comes from
From Old Slavic.
- DEX ’98 says
- Homonym 1 (pl. -i):
Din sl. bobŭ.
→ Old Slavic · DEX '98 - Homonym 3 (pl. -e):
Din sl. bobŭ.
→ Old Slavic · DEX '98 - Homonym 2 (pl -uri):
Din engl., fr. bob[sleigh].
→ English · DEX '98 - Wiktionary says
- Neighbouring Slavic languages (a different language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Serbo-Croatian bȍb
- In film dialogue
- 67 times per million words · number 1,051 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 27 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 16 21 45 32 21 - Swap in a synonym
- exact (French), clar (Learned Latin), fir (Inherited Latin), limpede (Inherited Latin), întocmai (Made in Romanian), amănunțit (Made in Romanian), boabă (Unknown origin), lămurit (Made in Romanian)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card
More words from the same layer
trebui, nevoie, război, prea, primi, prieten, drum, opri, iubi, vreme, trăi, sfânt