Where the Romanian word “devasta” comes from
From French.
- DEX ’98 says
Din fr. dévaster, lat. devastare.
→ French · DEX '98- Wiktionary says
- French (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- French dévaster ← Latin devastare
- In film dialogue
- 2.4 times per million words · number 9,208 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 8.2 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 0.0 2.0 2.8 3.7 5.7 - Swap in a synonym
- distruge (Italian), jefui (Made in Romanian), ruina (Learned Latin), prăda (Inherited Latin), nimici (Made in Romanian), pustii (Made in Romanian)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card
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