Old Slavic

Where the Romanian word “prăji” comes from

From Old Slavic.

DEX ’98 says

Din sl. pražiti. → Old Slavic · DEX '98

Wiktionary says

Old Slavic (same language)

The route, according to Wiktionary

Old Church Slavonic пражити ← Proto-Slavic pražiti

In film dialogue

14 times per million words · number 3,349 among spoken words

In Wikipedia

4.8 times per million words

In Romanian prose, per million words

1825–1849	1850–1874	1875–1899	1900–1924	1925–1949
6.6	2.3	4.7	6.5	5.3

Swap in a synonym

arde (Inherited Latin), tortura (French), chinui (Made in Romanian), frige (Inherited Latin), frământa (Inherited Latin), bronza (French), lenevi (Made in Romanian)

Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card

More words from the same layer

trebui, nevoie, război, prea, primi, prieten, drum, opri, iubi, vreme, trăi, sfânt