Where the Romanian word “deșert” comes from
Inherited from Latin.
- DEX ’98 says
- Homonym 1 (adj.):
Lat. (I) desertus, (II) din lat. desertum, fr. désert.
→ Inherited Latin · DEX '98 - Homonym 2 (s.n.):
Lat. (I) desertus, (II) din lat. desertum, fr. désert.
→ Inherited Latin · DEX '98 - Wiktionary says
- Inherited Latin (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Latin dēsertus
- In film dialogue
- 45 times per million words · number 1,423 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 35 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 137 55 32 40 29 - Swap in a synonym
- gol (Old Slavic), degeaba (Made in Romanian), pustiu (Neighbouring Slavic languages), superstiție (French), pustie (Neighbouring Slavic languages), nefolositor (Made in Romanian), zadarnic (Made in Romanian), pustietate (Made in Romanian)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card