Where the Romanian word “chin” comes from
From Hungarian.
- DEX ’98 says
- Homonym 1 (s.n.):
Din magh. kin.
→ Hungarian · DEX '98 - Wiktionary says
- Hungarian (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Hungarian kín
- In film dialogue
- 13 times per million words · number 3,518 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 4.4 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 219 72 61 72 67 - Swap in a synonym
- grijă (Neighbouring Slavic languages), durere (Made in Romanian), necaz (Unknown origin), suferință (Made in Romanian), tortură (French), calvar (French)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card
More words from the same layer
oraș, fel, hei, maghiar, seamă, locui, gând, celui, uriaș, alcătui, marfă, bănui