Where the Romanian word “gaură” comes from
Inherited from Latin.
- DEX ’98 says
Lat. *avula (< cavus).
→ Inherited Latin · DEX '96- Wiktionary says
- Inherited Latin (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Vulgar Latin ← Late Latin cava ← Latin cavus
- In film dialogue
- 72 times per million words · number 998 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 31 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 16 26 30 22 23 - Swap in a synonym
- lovitură (Made in Romanian), furt (Inherited Latin), cavitate (French), spărtură (Made in Romanian), adâncitură (Made in Romanian), scobitură (Made in Romanian)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card