Greek

Where the Romanian word “pat” comes from

From Greek.

DEX ’98 says

Homonym 1 (s.n.): Din ngr. pátos "drum bătut". → Greek · DEX '98

Wiktionary says

Greek (same language)

The route, according to Wiktionary

Greek πάτος ← Latin pactum

In film dialogue

136 times per million words · number 602 among spoken words

In Wikipedia

24 times per million words

In Romanian prose, per million words

1825–1849	1850–1874	1875–1899	1900–1924	1925–1949
152	141	197	238	258

Swap in a synonym

strat (Inherited Latin), îmbolnăvi (Made in Romanian), restabili (Made in Romanian), albie (Inherited Latin), targă (Unknown origin), așternut (Made in Romanian), matcă (Neighbouring Slavic languages), culcuș (Made in Romanian)

Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card

More words from the same layer

sigur, ortodox, măcar, stradă, septembrie, rest, englez, scop, titlu, bătălie, lipsi, poet