Where the Romanian word “obstacol” comes from
From French.
- DEX ’98 says
Din fr. obstacle, lat. obstaculum, it. obstacolo.
→ French · DEX '98- Wiktionary says
- French (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- French obstacle ← Italian ostacolo ← Latin obstaculum
- In film dialogue
- 12 times per million words · number 3,656 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 13 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 0.0 6.6 3.2 3.9 14 - Swap in a synonym
- opoziție (Learned Latin), greutate (Made in Romanian), dificultate (French), baraj (French), barieră (French), piedică (Inherited Latin), impediment (Learned Latin)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card
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