Where the Romanian word “mai” comes from
Inherited from Latin.
- DEX ’98 says
- Homonym 1 (s.n.):
Lat. malleus.
→ Inherited Latin · DEX '98 - Homonym 2 (s.m.):
Lat. maius, sl. maĭ.
→ Inherited Latin · DEX '98 - Homonym 3 (adv.):
Lat. magis.
→ Inherited Latin · DEX '98 - Wiktionary says
- Old Slavic (a different language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Old Church Slavonic маи ← grc-koi Μάϊος ← Latin (mensis) [[Maius]]
- In film dialogue
- 8,578 times per million words · number 22 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 7,346 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 8,921 10,160 11,414 10,785 9,646 - Swap in a synonym
- iar (Unknown origin), încă (Inherited Latin), puțin (Unknown origin), aproape (Inherited Latin), aproximativ (French), cam (Made in Romanian), deosebit (Made in Romanian), neobișnuit (Made in Romanian)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card