Unknown origin

Where the Romanian word “puțin” comes from

Of unknown origin.

DEX ’98 says

Homonym 1 (adj.): Et. nec. → Unknown origin · DEX '98

Homonym 2 (adv.): Et. nec. → Unknown origin · DEX '98

Homonym 3 (s.n.): Et. nec. → Unknown origin · DEX '98

Wiktionary says

Inherited Latin (a different language)

The route, according to Wiktionary

Vulgar Latin ← Latin pisinnus

In film dialogue

984 times per million words · number 119 among spoken words

In Wikipedia

516 times per million words

In Romanian prose, per million words

1825–1849	1850–1874	1875–1899	1900–1924	1925–1949
679	772	932	998	1,000

Swap in a synonym

rău (Inherited Latin), câtva (Made in Romanian), mic (Inherited Latin), ușor (Inherited Latin), prost (Old Slavic), cam (Made in Romanian), măcar (Greek), scurt (Inherited Latin)

Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card

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