Where the Romanian word “pustiu” comes from
From a neighbouring Slavic language.
- DEX ’98 says
- Homonym 1 (adj.):
Din bg. pustinja.
→ Neighbouring Slavic languages · DEX '98 - Homonym 2 (s.n.):
Din bg. pustinja.
→ Neighbouring Slavic languages · DEX '98 - Wiktionary says
- Old Slavic (a different language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Old Church Slavonic поустꙑни ← Proto-Slavic pustyni
- In film dialogue
- 14 times per million words · number 3,299 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 8.1 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 112 79 83 135 83 - Swap in a synonym
- rău (Inherited Latin), singur (Inherited Latin), naibă (Unknown origin), drac (Inherited Latin), gol (Old Slavic), durere (Made in Romanian), deșert (Inherited Latin), demon (Greek)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card
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