Where the Romanian word “cerc” comes from
Inherited from Latin.
- DEX ’98 says
- Homonym 1 (s.n.):
Lat. circus (cu sensuri neologice după fr. cercle).
→ Inherited Latin · DEX '98 - Wiktionary says
- Inherited Latin (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Latin circus ← Ancient Greek κίρκος
- In film dialogue
- 33 times per million words · number 1,790 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 84 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 33 49 77 74 80 - Swap in a synonym
- lume (Inherited Latin), societate (French), cuprins (Made in Romanian), limită (French), sferă (French), întindere (Made in Romanian), circular (French), circumferință (Learned Latin)
- The same Latin word, entering Romanian twice
- circus → circ
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card