Where the Romanian word “pitic” comes from
Of unknown origin.
- DEX ’98 says
- Homonym 1 (s.m.):
Cf. sl. pitikŭ.
→ Unknown origin · DEX '98 - Homonym 3 (adj.m.f.):
Cf. sl. pitikŭ.
→ Unknown origin · DEX '98 - Homonym 2 (adj.n.):
Din fr. [jeux] pythiques.
→ French · DEX '98 - Wiktionary says
- Unknown origin (same language)
- In film dialogue
- 16 times per million words · number 2,969 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 23 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 7.4 8.2 22 12 5.8 - Swap in a synonym
- mic (Inherited Latin), scund (Old Slavic), minuscul (Learned Latin), pigmeu (French)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card
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