Greek

Where the Romanian word “măcar” comes from

From Greek.

DEX ’98 says

Din ngr. makári. → Greek · DEX '98

Wiktionary says

Greek (same language)

The route, according to Wiktionary

Greek μακάρι

In film dialogue

387 times per million words · number 271 among spoken words

In Wikipedia

24 times per million words

In Romanian prose, per million words

1825–1849	1850–1874	1875–1899	1900–1924	1925–1949
307	241	193	278	254

Swap in a synonym

chiar (Inherited Latin), încă (Inherited Latin), cineva (Made in Romanian), fiecare (Made in Romanian), deși (Made in Romanian), oricum (Made in Romanian), oricine (Made in Romanian), oarecare (Made in Romanian)

Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card

More words from the same layer

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