Where the Romanian word “persista” comes from
From French.
- DEX ’98 says
Din fr. persister.
→ French · DEX '98- Wiktionary says
- French (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- French persister
- In film dialogue
- 2.1 times per million words · number 9,696 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 15 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 0.0 0.5 3.2 6.3 15 - Swap in a synonym
- menține (French), dura (Inherited Latin), insista (French), dăinui (Neighbouring Slavic languages), persevera (French), stărui (Neighbouring Slavic languages)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card
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