Where the Romanian word “oaste” comes from
Inherited from Latin.
- DEX ’98 says
Lat. hostis, -em "dușman".
→ Inherited Latin · DEX '98- Wiktionary says
- Inherited Latin (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Latin hostem ← Proto-Italic hostis ← Proto-Indo-European gʰóstis
- In film dialogue
- 2.4 times per million words · number 9,123 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 39 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 224 407 135 66 36 - Swap in a synonym
- război (Old Slavic), armată (Italian), luptă (Inherited Latin), bătălie (Greek), mulțime (Made in Romanian), conflict (Learned Latin), oștire (Made in Romanian), cătănie (Made in Romanian)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card