Where the Romanian word “frică” comes from
Of unknown origin.
- DEX ’98 says
Cf. gr. phrikē.
→ Unknown origin · DEX '98- In film dialogue
- 185 times per million words · number 480 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 19 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 379 225 209 204 183 - Swap in a synonym
- asculta (Inherited Latin), deloc (Made in Romanian), curajos (French), teamă (Made in Romanian), nicidecum (Made in Romanian), neînfricat (Made in Romanian), înfricoșa (Made in Romanian)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card
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