Where the Romanian word “lin” comes from
Inherited from Latin.
- DEX ’98 says
- Homonym 3 (adj.):
Lat. lenus, -a (= lenis).
→ Inherited Latin · DEX '98 - Homonym 1 (pl. -uri):
Din ngr. linós.
→ Greek · DEX '98 - Homonym 2 (pl. -i):
Din bg. lin.
→ Neighbouring Slavic languages · DEX '98 - Wiktionary says
- Inherited Latin (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Vulgar Latin ← Latin lenis
- In film dialogue
- 18 times per million words · number 2,791 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 188 122 85 107 56 - Swap in a synonym
- pace (Inherited Latin), liniște (Made in Romanian), liniștit (Made in Romanian), calm (French), blând (Inherited Latin), tăcere (Made in Romanian), neted (Inherited Latin), domol (Made in Romanian)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card