Where the Romanian word “pricină” comes from
From a neighbouring Slavic language.
- DEX ’98 says
Din bg. prična.
→ Neighbouring Slavic languages · DEX '98- Wiktionary says
- Neighbouring Slavic languages (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Bulgarian причина ← Proto-Slavic pričina
- In film dialogue
- 4.7 times per million words · number 6,305 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 15 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 335 240 184 147 210 - Swap in a synonym
- problemă (French), motiv (French), deoarece (Made in Romanian), proces (Italian), afacere (Made in Romanian), chestie (French), cauză (Learned Latin), respectiv (French)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card
More words from the same layer
da, școală, grijă, păstra, poliție, rus, obicei, ciudat, ba, grozav, ofițer, graniță