Where the Romanian word “pupa” comes from
Inherited from Latin.
- DEX ’98 says
- Homonym 1 (vb.):
Lat. *puppare.
→ Inherited Latin · DEX '98 - Wiktionary says
- Inherited Latin (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Vulgar Latin ← Latin pūpa
- In film dialogue
- 17 times per million words · number 2,893 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 2.8 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 7.2 1.2 1.1 6.8 4.9 - Swap in a synonym
- primi (Old Slavic), obține (French), săruta (Inherited Latin), căpăta (Inherited Latin), dobândi (Old Slavic), linguși (Unknown origin), sărutat (Made in Romanian)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card