Unknown origin

Where the Romanian word “brâu” comes from

Of unknown origin.

DEX ’98 says

Homonym 1 (pl. -ie): Cf. alb. bres, brezi. → Unknown origin · DEX '98

Homonym 2 (pl. -ne): Cf. alb. bres, brezi. → Unknown origin · DEX '98

Homonym 3 (pl -uri): Cf. alb. bres, brezi. → Unknown origin · DEX '98

Wiktionary says

Substrate (a different language)

The route, according to Wiktionary

substrate ← Albanian brez

In film dialogue

1.8 times per million words · number 10,609 among spoken words

In Wikipedia

15 times per million words

In Romanian prose, per million words

1825–1849	1850–1874	1875–1899	1900–1924	1925–1949
37	96	76	55	29

Swap in a synonym

mijloc (Inherited Latin), cerc (Inherited Latin), lanț (Neighbouring Slavic languages), șir (Made in Romanian), centură (French), brățară (Inherited Latin), curea (Inherited Latin), talie (Neighbouring Slavic languages)

Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card

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