Where the Romanian word “bumbac” comes from
Of unknown origin.
- DEX ’98 says
- Homonym 1 (s.m.):
Cf. scr. bumbak, bg. bubak, lat. med. bombacium.
→ Unknown origin · DEX '98 - Homonym 2 (s.n.):
Cf. scr. bumbak, bg. bubak, lat. med. bombacium.
→ Unknown origin · DEX '98 - Wiktionary says
- Inherited Latin (a different language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Late Latin ← Ancient Greek βάμβαξ
- In film dialogue
- 6.5 times per million words · number 5,342 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 7.4 8.2 6.5 9.1 2.3 - Swap in a synonym
- bunăstare (Made in Romanian), vată (German)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card
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