Where the Romanian word “pistol” comes from
From Greek.
- DEX ’98 says
- Homonym 1 (pl. -e):
Din ngr. pistóli, germ. Pistol.
→ Greek · DEX '98 - Homonym 2 (pl. -i):
Din fr. pistole.
→ French · DEX '98 - Wiktionary says
- Greek (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Greek πιστόλι
- In film dialogue
- 71 times per million words · number 1,001 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 6.1 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 105 61 28 25 12 - Swap in a synonym
- sărac (Neighbouring Slavic languages), automat (French), revolver (French)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card
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