Where the Romanian word “el” comes from
Inherited from Latin.
- DEX ’98 says
Lat. illum, illa.
→ Inherited Latin · DEX '98- Wiktionary says
- Inherited Latin (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Vulgar Latin illus ← Latin ille
- In film dialogue
- 31,428 times per million words · number 4 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 17,969 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 44,341 41,621 44,352 40,650 44,042 - Swap in a synonym
- soție (Made in Romanian), bărbat (Inherited Latin), soț (Inherited Latin), nevastă (Old Slavic)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card