Where the Romanian word “patron” comes from
Taken from written Latin.
- DEX ’98 says
- Homonym 1 (pl. -i):
Din lat. patronus, germ. Patron, fr. patron.
→ Learned Latin · DEX '98 - Homonym 2 (pl. -e):
Din germ. Patrone.
→ German · DEX '98 - Wiktionary says
- French (a different language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- French patron ← Latin patronus
- In film dialogue
- 10 times per million words · number 4,012 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 20 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 7.4 11 11 26 43 - Swap in a synonym
- protector (Learned Latin), apărător (Made in Romanian), cartuș (French), șablon (German), ocrotitor (Made in Romanian)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card
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