Where the Romanian word “minciună” comes from
Inherited from Latin.
- DEX ’98 says
Lat. mentio, -onis.
→ Inherited Latin · DEX '98- Wiktionary says
- Inherited Latin (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Late Latin mentio ← Latin mentītus
- In film dialogue
- 57 times per million words · number 1,204 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 6.8 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 74 60 68 53 55 - Swap in a synonym
- nimic (Inherited Latin), invenție (French), ficțiune (French), înșelăciune (Made in Romanian), fleac (Unknown origin), vicleșug (Hungarian), închipuire (Made in Romanian)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card