Where the Romanian word “pui” comes from
Inherited from Latin.
- DEX ’98 says
- Homonym 1 (s.m.):
Lat. *pulleus (= pullus).
→ Inherited Latin · DEX '98 - Homonym 3 (interj.):
Lat. *pulleus (= pullus).
→ Inherited Latin · DEX '98 - Homonym 2 (vb.):
Din pui.
→ Made in Romanian · DEX '98 - Wiktionary says
- Inherited Latin (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Latin pullus ← Vulgar Latin
- In film dialogue
- 55 times per million words · number 1,230 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 39 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 46 66 60 204 36 - Swap in a synonym
- copil (Unknown origin), nimeni (Inherited Latin), râu (Inherited Latin), drag (Old Slavic), drăguț (Made in Romanian), iubit (Made in Romanian), copilă (Made in Romanian), bastard (Italian)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card