Where the Romanian word “criminal” comes from
From French.
- DEX ’98 says
- Homonym 1 (adj.):
Din fr. criminel, lat. criminalis.
→ French · DEX '98 - Homonym 2 (s.m.):
Din fr. criminel, lat. criminalis.
→ French · DEX '98 - Homonym 3 (s.n.):
Din germ. Kriminal[gericht].
→ German · DEX '98 - Wiktionary says
- French (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- French criminel ← Late Latin criminalis ← Latin crimen
- In film dialogue
- 135 times per million words · number 609 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 18 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 25 33 11 19 23 - Swap in a synonym
- rău (Inherited Latin), închisoare (Made in Romanian), dăunător (Made in Romanian), criminalist (French), nelegiuit (Made in Romanian)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card
More words from the same layer
comun, exista, deveni, populație, file, problemă, tip, dată, general, continua, termina, local