Unknown origin

Where the Romanian word “pată” comes from

Of unknown origin.

DEX ’98 says

Et. nec. → Unknown origin · DEX '98

In film dialogue

60 times per million words · number 1,158 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
13	14	22	69	33

Swap in a synonym

curat (Made in Romanian), rușine (Unknown origin), nevinovat (Made in Romanian), cast (Learned Latin), stigmat (French), neprihănit (Made in Romanian), nepătat (Made in Romanian)

Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card

More words from the same layer

dar, iar, găsi, puțin, copil, ban, privi, băiat, naibă, ori, adică, vorbă