Where the Romanian word “lovi” comes from
From Old Slavic.
- DEX ’98 says
Din sl. loviti "a vâna, a prinde, a pescui".
→ Old Slavic · DEX '98- Wiktionary says
- Old Slavic (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Old Church Slavonic ловити ← Proto-Slavic loviti
- In film dialogue
- 272 times per million words · number 357 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 44 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 141 255 183 155 218 - Swap in a synonym
- lupta (Inherited Latin), atinge (Inherited Latin), cuprinde (Inherited Latin), ataca (French), bate (Inherited Latin), potrivi (Made in Romanian), împiedica (Inherited Latin), apuca (Inherited Latin)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card
More words from the same layer
trebui, nevoie, război, prea, primi, prieten, drum, opri, iubi, vreme, trăi, sfânt