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
- 45,650 times per million words · number 1 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 28,431 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 21,450 18,441 23,229 20,137 23,463 - 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