Learned Latin

Where the Romanian word “monstru” comes from

Taken from written Latin.

DEX ’98 says

Din lat. monstrum, fr. monstre. → Learned Latin · DEX '98

Wiktionary says

French (a different language)

The route, according to Wiktionary

French monstre ← Latin monstrum

In film dialogue

66 times per million words · number 1,062 among spoken words

In Wikipedia

12 times per million words

In Romanian prose, per million words

1825–1849	1850–1874	1875–1899	1900–1924	1925–1949
9.8	12	13	24	16

Swap in a synonym

uriaș (Hungarian), extraordinar (French), neobișnuit (Made in Romanian), excesiv (French), colosal (French), colos (French), matahală (Unknown origin)

Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card

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