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Old Slavic

Where the Romanian word “idol” comes from

From Old Slavic.

DEX ’98 says
Din sl. idolŭ. → Old Slavic · DEX '96
Wiktionary says
Greek (a different language)
The route, according to Wiktionary
Ancient Greek είδωλον ← Old Church Slavonic идолъ
In film dialogue
16 times per million words · number 3,046 among spoken words
In Wikipedia
9.2 times per million words
In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–18491850–18741875–18991900–19241925–1949
37117.11230
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zeu (Inherited Latin)

Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card

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