Where the Romanian word “negru” comes from
Inherited from Latin.
- DEX ’98 says
- Homonym 1 (adj.):
Lat. niger, -gra, -grum.
→ Inherited Latin · DEX '98 - Homonym 2 (s.m.):
Lat. niger, -gra, -grum.
→ Inherited Latin · DEX '98 - Homonym 3 (s.n.):
Lat. niger, -gra, -grum.
→ Inherited Latin · DEX '98 - Wiktionary says
- Inherited Latin (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Latin niger
- In film dialogue
- 183 times per million words · number 483 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 264 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 349 413 421 628 340 - Swap in a synonym
- rău (Inherited Latin), greu (Inherited Latin), grozav (Neighbouring Slavic languages), deloc (Made in Romanian), trist (Inherited Latin), hain (Turkish), întunecat (Made in Romanian), murdar (Turkish)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card