Where the Romanian word “fi” comes from
Inherited from Latin.
- DEX ’98 says
- Homonym 1 (vb.):
Lat. sum, *fui, *fire (= fieri).
→ Inherited Latin · DEX '98 - Wiktionary says
- Inherited Latin (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Latin sum
- In film dialogue
- 47,597 times per million words · number 1 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 29,208 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 22,945 19,939 24,800 21,668 24,773 - Swap in a synonym
- putea (Inherited Latin), trebui (Old Slavic), ține (Inherited Latin), găsi (Unknown origin), urma (Made in Romanian), afla (Inherited Latin), exista (French), întâmpla (Inherited Latin)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card