Where the Romanian word “piper” comes from
From Greek.
- DEX ’98 says
- Homonym 1 (s.m.):
Din ngr. pipéri, sl. piperŭ.
→ Greek · DEX '98 - Homonym 2 (s.n.):
Din ngr. pipéri, sl. piperŭ.
→ Greek · DEX '98 - Wiktionary says
- Neighbouring Slavic languages (a different language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Bulgarian пипе́р ← Proto-Slavic pьpьrь ← Latin piper ← Ancient Greek πέπερι ← sa पिप्पलि
- In film dialogue
- 17 times per million words · number 2,852 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 6.7 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 20 10 2.6 6.7 2.6 - Swap in a synonym
- supăra (Inherited Latin), farmec (Inherited Latin), ardei (Made in Romanian), picant (French), ofensa (French), mânia (Made in Romanian), haz (Turkish), indecent (French)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card
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