Where the Romanian word “motiv” comes from
From French.
- DEX ’98 says
Din fr. motif, it. motivo, germ. Motiv.
→ French · DEX '98- Wiktionary says
- French (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- French motif ← Italian motivo ← German Motiv
- In film dialogue
- 313 times per million words · number 323 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 203 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 7.4 15 39 110 196 - Swap in a synonym
- deoarece (Made in Romanian), cauză (Learned Latin), provoca (French), temă (Learned Latin), melodie (Greek), mobil (French), pretext (French), pricină (Neighbouring Slavic languages)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card
More words from the same layer
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