Greek

Where the Romanian word “lipsi” comes from

From Greek.

DEX ’98 says

Homonym 1 (vb.): Din ngr. lípso (viit. lui lipó). → Greek · DEX '98

Wiktionary says

Greek (same language)

The route, according to Wiktionary

Greek λείψω

In film dialogue

148 times per million words · number 573 among spoken words

In Wikipedia

54 times per million words

In Romanian prose, per million words

1825–1849	1850–1874	1875–1899	1900–1924	1925–1949
288	238	180	201	158

Swap in a synonym

uita (Inherited Latin), pleca (Inherited Latin), fugi (Inherited Latin), renunța (French), dispărea (French), ezita (French), omite (Learned Latin), priva (French)

Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card

More words from the same layer

sigur, ortodox, măcar, stradă, septembrie, rest, englez, scop, titlu, bătălie, poet, hartă