Where the Romanian word “orfan” comes from
From Greek.
- DEX ’98 says
- Homonym 1 (adj.):
Din ngr. orfanós, lat. orphanus, -a, -um.
→ Greek · DEX '98 - Homonym 2 (s.m.):
Din ngr. orfanós, lat. orphanus, -a, -um.
→ Greek · DEX '98 - Wiktionary says
- Greek (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Greek ορφανός ← Late Latin orphanus
- In film dialogue
- 14 times per million words · number 3,243 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 10 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 42 21 17 25 16 - Swap in a synonym
- sărman (Neighbouring Slavic languages)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card
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