Where the Romanian word “ce” comes from
Inherited from Latin.
- DEX ’98 says
Lat. quid.
→ Inherited Latin · DEX '98- Wiktionary says
- Inherited Latin (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Latin quid ← Proto-Indo-European kʷid
- In film dialogue
- 14,390 times per million words · number 14 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 2,556 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 14,276 12,051 9,803 8,330 8,430 - Swap in a synonym
- care (Inherited Latin), cum (Inherited Latin), ceva (Made in Romanian), cât (Inherited Latin), puțin (Unknown origin), aproape (Inherited Latin), orice (Made in Romanian), greu (Inherited Latin)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card