Where the Romanian word “noroi” comes from
From a neighbouring Slavic language.
- DEX ’98 says
- Homonym 1 (s.n.):
Din bg. naroj.
→ Neighbouring Slavic languages · DEX '98 - Homonym 2 (vb.):
Din noroi.
→ Made in Romanian · DEX '98 - Wiktionary says
- Neighbouring Slavic languages (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Bulgarian нарои ← Proto-Slavic narojь
- In film dialogue
- 16 times per million words · number 2,987 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 5.9 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 27 28 29 71 46 - Swap in a synonym
- decădere (Made in Romanian), tină (Old Slavic), împotmoli (Made in Romanian), calomnia (French), defăima (Inherited Latin)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card
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