Made in Romanian

Where the Romanian word “descompune” comes from

Made in Romanian.

DEX ’98 says

Des- + compus (după fr. décomposer). → Made in Romanian · DEX '98

In the main count it counts as: Learned Latin

In film dialogue

4.4 times per million words · number 6,572 among spoken words

In Wikipedia

10 times per million words

In Romanian prose, per million words

1825–1849	1850–1874	1875–1899	1900–1924	1925–1949
2.5	1.5	7.0	12	12

Swap in a synonym

strica (Inherited Latin), desface (Learned Latin), destrăma (Made in Romanian), contracta (French), putrezi (Made in Romanian), dezmembra (French), altera (French)

Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card

More words from the same layer

din, pentru, cel, dacă, sau, prin, ceva, numi, despre, îî, dintre, vorbi