Where the Romanian word “direct” comes from
From French.
- DEX ’98 says
- Homonym 1 (adj.):
Din fr. direct, lat. directus.
→ French · DEX '98 - Homonym 2 (adv.):
Din fr. direct, lat. directus.
→ French · DEX '98 - Wiktionary says
- French (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- French direct ← Latin dīrēctus
- In film dialogue
- 141 times per million words · number 590 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 226 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 0.0 12 33 71 89 - Swap in a synonym
- drept (Inherited Latin), imediat (French), nemijlocit (Made in Romanian), fățiș (Made in Romanian)
- The same Latin word, entering Romanian twice
- directus → drept
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card
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