French

Where the Romanian word “dur” comes from

From French.

DEX ’98 says

Homonym 1 (adj.): Din fr. dur, lat. durus. → French · DEX '98

Wiktionary says

French (same language)

The route, according to Wiktionary

French dur ← Latin dūrus

In film dialogue

67 times per million words · number 1,045 among spoken words

In Wikipedia

26 times per million words

In Romanian prose, per million words

1825–1849	1850–1874	1875–1899	1900–1924	1925–1949
7.4	5.6	3.5	8.8	13

Swap in a synonym

greu (Inherited Latin), tare (Inherited Latin), major (French), solid (French), violent (French), sever (French), crud (Inherited Latin), aspru (Inherited Latin)

Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card

More words from the same layer

comun, exista, deveni, populație, file, problemă, tip, dată, general, continua, termina, local