Made in Romanian

Where the Romanian word “numai” comes from

Made in Romanian.

DEX ’98 says

Nu + mai sau lat. non magis. → Made in Romanian · DEX '98

In the main count it counts as: Inherited Latin

In film dialogue

425 times per million words · number 244 among spoken words

In Wikipedia

398 times per million words

In Romanian prose, per million words

1825–1849	1850–1874	1875–1899	1900–1924	1925–1949
1,630	1,870	2,195	1,990	1,831

Swap in a synonym

dar (Unknown origin), doar (Inherited Latin), chiar (Inherited Latin), decât (Made in Romanian), însă (Inherited Latin), imediat (French), totuși (Made in Romanian), tocmai (Old Slavic)

Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card

More words from the same layer

din, pentru, cel, dacă, sau, prin, ceva, numi, despre, îî, dintre, vorbi