Where the Romanian word “fanariot” comes from
From Greek.
- DEX ’98 says
- Homonym 1 (adj.):
Din ngr. fanariótis.
→ Greek · DEX '98 - Homonym 2 (s.m.):
Din ngr. fanariótis.
→ Greek · DEX '98 - Wiktionary says
- Greek (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Greek φαναριώτης
- In film dialogue
- does not occur
- In Wikipedia
- 11 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 17 80 21 31 4.3 - Swap in a synonym
- corupt (Made in Romanian), viciat (Made in Romanian)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card
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