Where the Romanian word “colț” comes from
From a neighbouring Slavic language.
- DEX ’98 says
- Homonym 1 (pl. -i):
Din bg. kolec, scr. kolac.
→ Neighbouring Slavic languages · DEX '98 - Homonym 2 (pl. -uri):
Din bg. kolec, scr. kolac.
→ Neighbouring Slavic languages · DEX '98 - Wiktionary says
- Old Slavic (a different language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Old Church Slavonic кольць ← Proto-Slavic kolъ
- In film dialogue
- 62 times per million words · number 1,121 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 47 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 81 126 143 249 247 - Swap in a synonym
- vârf (Old Slavic), margine (Inherited Latin), țintă (Old Slavic), certa (Inherited Latin), dinte (Inherited Latin), extremitate (French), refugiu (French), ascunziș (Made in Romanian)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card
More words from the same layer
da, școală, grijă, păstra, poliție, rus, obicei, ciudat, ba, grozav, ofițer, graniță