Where the Romanian word “femeie” comes from
Inherited from Latin.
- DEX ’98 says
Lat. familia "familie".
→ Inherited Latin · DEX '98- Wiktionary says
- Inherited Latin (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Latin familia
- In film dialogue
- 657 times per million words · number 174 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 243 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 512 578 599 906 852 - Swap in a synonym
- soție (Made in Romanian), profesor (French), scriitor (Made in Romanian), nevastă (Old Slavic), gravidă (Learned Latin), doctoriță (Made in Romanian), pictoriță (Made in Romanian), țesător (Made in Romanian)
- The same Latin word, entering Romanian twice
- familia → familie
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card