Where the Romanian word “oriental” comes from
Taken from written Latin.
- DEX ’98 says
- Homonym 1 (adj.):
Din lat. orientalis, fr. oriental.
→ Learned Latin · DEX '98 - Homonym 2 (s.m.):
Din lat. orientalis, fr. oriental.
→ Learned Latin · DEX '98 - Wiktionary says
- French (a different language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- French oriental ← Latin orientalis
- In film dialogue
- 2.8 times per million words · number 8,465 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 54 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 17 40 23 45 22 - Swap in a synonym
- turc (Turkish), estic (Made in Romanian), răsăritean (Made in Romanian), turcă (Unknown origin), turcesc (Made in Romanian)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card
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