Where the Romanian word “la” comes from
Inherited from Latin.
- DEX ’98 says
- Homonym 3 (prep.):
Lat. illac.
→ Inherited Latin · DEX '98 - Homonym 1 (vb.):
Lat. lavare.
→ Inherited Latin · DEX '98 - Homonym 2 (s.m.):
Din it. la.
→ Italian · DEX '98 - Wiktionary says
- Inherited Latin (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Latin illac
- In film dialogue
- 12,184 times per million words · number 15 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 16,690 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 13,336 14,517 14,905 14,003 13,690 - Swap in a synonym
- pentru (Made in Romanian), aproape (Inherited Latin), întreg (Inherited Latin), aproximativ (French), cam (Made in Romanian), circa (Learned Latin), spăla (Inherited Latin), scălda (Inherited Latin)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card