Where the Romanian word “boteza” comes from
Inherited from Latin.
- DEX ’98 says
Lat. batizare (= baptizare).
→ Inherited Latin · DEX '98- Wiktionary says
- Inherited Latin (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Vulgar Latin baptidiō ← la-ecc ← Late Latin baptīzō ← Ancient Greek βαπτῑ́ζω
- In film dialogue
- 8.3 times per million words · number 4,567 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 14 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 32 34 43 32 45 - Swap in a synonym
- uda (Inherited Latin), porecli (Made in Romanian), stropi (Unknown origin), falsifica (French), creștina (Made in Romanian), dilua (French), supranumi (Made in Romanian)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card