Where the Romanian word “rătăci” comes from
Inherited from Latin.
- DEX ’98 says
Lat. *erraticire (= *erraticare < erraticus).
→ Inherited Latin · DEX '98- Wiktionary says
- Inherited Latin (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Vulgar Latin ← Latin errāticus
- In film dialogue
- 24 times per million words · number 2,260 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 3.8 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 114 112 55 99 65 - Swap in a synonym
- pierde (Inherited Latin), abate (Inherited Latin), cuibări (Made in Romanian), colinda (Made in Romanian), hoinări (Made in Romanian), colindat (Made in Romanian), pribegi (Made in Romanian)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card