Where the Romanian word “putea” comes from
Inherited from Latin.
- DEX ’98 says
Lat. potere (= posse).
→ Inherited Latin · DEX '98- Wiktionary says
- Inherited Latin (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Vulgar Latin posso ← Latin possum
- In film dialogue
- 9,403 times per million words · number 19 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 2,214 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 3,788 3,677 4,747 4,527 5,134 - Swap in a synonym
- doar (Inherited Latin), foarte (Inherited Latin), sigur (Greek), imposibil (French), precis (French), indiscutabil (French), neîndoielnic (Made in Romanian)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card