Made in Romanian

Where the Romanian word “pica” comes from

Made in Romanian.

DEX ’98 says

Homonym 1 (vb., cădea): Din pic. → Made in Romanian · DEX '98

Homonym 2 (vb., picaj): Din fr. piquer. → French · DEX '98

In the main count it counts as: French

In film dialogue

293 times per million words · number 342 among spoken words

In Wikipedia

4.5 times per million words

In Romanian prose, per million words

1825–1849	1850–1874	1875–1899	1900–1924	1925–1949
25	56	22	52	36

Swap in a synonym

fi (Inherited Latin), lăsa (Inherited Latin), muri (Inherited Latin), apărea (Learned Latin), atinge (Inherited Latin), cădea (Inherited Latin), lovi (Old Slavic), sosi (Greek)

Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card

More words from the same layer

din, pentru, cel, dacă, sau, prin, ceva, numi, despre, îî, dintre, vorbi