Unknown origin

Where the Romanian word “cruța” comes from

Of unknown origin.

DEX ’98 says

Et. nec. → Unknown origin · DEX '98

Wiktionary says

Learned Latin (a different language)

The route, according to Wiktionary

Vulgar Latin ← Latin curtāre ← sla

In film dialogue

11 times per million words · number 3,830 among spoken words

In Wikipedia

4.5 times per million words

In Romanian prose, per million words

1825–1849	1850–1874	1875–1899	1900–1924	1925–1949
34	30	28	30	23

Swap in a synonym

ierta (Inherited Latin), feri (Unknown origin), păzi (Old Slavic), scuti (Made in Romanian), ezita (French), economisi (Greek), menaja (French), șovăi (Unknown origin)

Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card

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dar, iar, găsi, puțin, copil, ban, privi, băiat, naibă, ori, adică, vorbă