Where the Romanian word “cavaler” comes from
From a neighbouring Slavic language.
- DEX ’98 says
Din rus. kavaler (< fr.).
→ Neighbouring Slavic languages · DEX '98- Wiktionary says
- Neighbouring Slavic languages (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Russian кавале́р ← French cavalier ← Italian cavaliere
- In film dialogue
- 29 times per million words · number 2,010 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 48 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 85 76 135 41 32 - Swap in a synonym
- călăreț (Inherited Latin), escroc (French), burlac (Neighbouring Slavic languages), flăcău (Unknown origin), fecior (Inherited Latin), șarlatan (French), celibatar (French), gentilom (French)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card
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