Where the Romanian word “borcan” comes from
From a neighbouring Slavic language.
- DEX ’98 says
Din bg. burkan.
→ Neighbouring Slavic languages · DEX '98- Wiktionary says
- Learned Latin (a different language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Latin verrūca ← Vulgar Latin brocca ← Ancient Greek πρόχοος
- In film dialogue
- 7.9 times per million words · number 4,746 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 2.5 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 14 1.9 1.8 5.5 4.2 - Swap in a synonym
- cap (Inherited Latin), oală (Inherited Latin), ulcior (Inherited Latin)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card
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