French

Where the Romanian word “obscur” comes from

From French.

DEX ’98 says

Din fr. obscur, lat. obscurus. → French · DEX '98

Wiktionary says

French (same language)

The route, according to Wiktionary

French obscur ← Latin obscurus

In film dialogue

4.1 times per million words · number 6,892 among spoken words

In Wikipedia

8.1 times per million words

In Romanian prose, per million words

1825–1849	1850–1874	1875–1899	1900–1924	1925–1949
1.2	8.7	11	30	30

Swap in a synonym

necunoscut (Made in Romanian), întunecat (Made in Romanian), mărunt (Inherited Latin), vag (French), neclar (Made in Romanian), neînsemnat (Made in Romanian), mediocru (French), neînțeles (Made in Romanian)

Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card

More words from the same layer

comun, exista, deveni, populație, file, problemă, tip, dată, general, continua, termina, local