Where the Romanian word “rău” comes from
Inherited from Latin.
- DEX ’98 says
- Homonym 1 (adj.):
Lat. reus "acuzat", "vinovat".
→ Inherited Latin · DEX '98 - Homonym 2 (adv.):
Lat. reus "acuzat", "vinovat".
→ Inherited Latin · DEX '98 - Homonym 3 (s.n.):
Lat. reus "acuzat", "vinovat".
→ Inherited Latin · DEX '98 - Wiktionary says
- Inherited Latin (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Late Latin reus ← Latin reus
- In film dialogue
- 1,583 times per million words · number 75 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 85 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 1,376 878 874 694 690 - Swap in a synonym
- foarte (Inherited Latin), puternic (Made in Romanian), tare (Inherited Latin), boală (Old Slavic), bolnav (Neighbouring Slavic languages), greșit (Made in Romanian), fals (Learned Latin), inferior (French)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card