Where the Romanian word “chiar” comes from
Inherited from Latin.
- DEX ’98 says
- Homonym 1 (adv.):
Lat. clarus.
→ Inherited Latin · DEX '98 - Homonym 2 (adj.):
Lat. clarus.
→ Inherited Latin · DEX '98 - Wiktionary says
- Inherited Latin (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Latin clārus ← Proto-Indo-European kelh₁-
- In film dialogue
- 1,665 times per million words · number 69 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 486 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 524 814 1,076 1,204 1,162 - Swap in a synonym
- singur (Inherited Latin), încă (Inherited Latin), adevărat (Made in Romanian), deja (French), exact (French), tocmai (Old Slavic), măcar (Greek), clar (Learned Latin)
- The same Latin word, entering Romanian twice
- clarus → clar
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card