Where the Romanian word “ca” comes from
Inherited from Latin.
- DEX ’98 says
- Homonym 2 (prep.):
Lat. quam.
→ Inherited Latin · DEX '98 - Homonym 4 (conj.):
Lat. qu[i]a.
→ Inherited Latin · DEX '98 - Homonym 1 (adv.):
Lat. quam.
→ Inherited Latin · DEX '98 - Homonym 3 (interj.):
Lat. quam.
→ Inherited Latin · DEX '98 - Wiktionary says
- Inherited Latin (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Latin quam
- In film dialogue
- 3,170 times per million words · number 44 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 2,074 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 4,090 3,970 3,612 4,064 3,972 - Swap in a synonym
- așa (Inherited Latin), cum (Inherited Latin), fie (Inherited Latin), cât (Inherited Latin), decât (Made in Romanian), precum (Made in Romanian), aproape (Inherited Latin), aproximativ (French)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card