Where the Romanian word “pur” comes from
Taken from written Latin.
- DEX ’98 says
- Homonym 2 (adj.):
Din lat. purus, fr. pur.
→ Learned Latin · DEX '98 - Homonym 1 (s.m.):
Cf. lat. porrum.
→ Unknown origin · DEX '98 - Wiktionary says
- Learned Latin (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Latin pūrus ← French pur
- In film dialogue
- 158 times per million words · number 540 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 79 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 9.8 14 38 114 221 - Swap in a synonym
- bun (Inherited Latin), chiar (Inherited Latin), adevărat (Made in Romanian), simplu (French), tare (Inherited Latin), clar (Learned Latin), gol (Old Slavic), natural (Learned Latin)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card
More words from the same layer
sat, secol, familie, perioadă, ultim, politic, regulă, punct, caz, persoană, mod, apărea