Where the Romanian word “ocol” comes from
From a neighbouring Slavic language.
- DEX ’98 says
- Homonym 1 (pl. -e):
Din bg., rus. okol.
→ Neighbouring Slavic languages · DEX '98 - Homonym 2 (pl -uri):
Din bg., rus. okol.
→ Neighbouring Slavic languages · DEX '98 - Wiktionary says
- Old Slavic (a different language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Old Church Slavonic около ← Proto-Slavic okolo
- In film dialogue
- 4.0 times per million words · number 6,915 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 19 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 22 18 35 28 33 - Swap in a synonym
- direct (French), curte (Inherited Latin), cuprins (Made in Romanian), perimetru (French), cot (Inherited Latin), indirect (French), ocoli (Made in Romanian), cotitură (Made in Romanian)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card
More words from the same layer
da, școală, grijă, păstra, poliție, rus, obicei, ciudat, ba, grozav, ofițer, graniță