Unknown origin

Where the Romanian word “mal” comes from

Of unknown origin.

DEX ’98 says

Homonym 1 (s.n.): Cf. alb. mall "munte". → Unknown origin · DEX '98

In film dialogue

18 times per million words · number 2,809 among spoken words

In Wikipedia

209 times per million words

In Romanian prose, per million words

1825–1849	1850–1874	1875–1899	1900–1924	1925–1949
197	207	148	187	103

Swap in a synonym

mare (Inherited Latin), rău (Inherited Latin), deal (Old Slavic), coastă (Inherited Latin), țărm (Made in Romanian), râpă (Inherited Latin), prăpastie (Old Slavic), maladie (French)

Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card

More words from the same layer

dar, iar, găsi, puțin, copil, ban, privi, băiat, naibă, ori, adică, vorbă