French

Where the Romanian word “religios” comes from

From French.

DEX ’98 says

Homonym 1 (adj.): Din fr. religieux, it. religioso, lat. religiosus. → French · DEX '98

Wiktionary says

French (same language)

The route, according to Wiktionary

French religieux ← Latin religiosus

In film dialogue

19 times per million words · number 2,635 among spoken words

In Wikipedia

237 times per million words

In Romanian prose, per million words

1825–1849	1850–1874	1875–1899	1900–1924	1925–1949
49	42	42	54	311

Swap in a synonym

călugăr (Old Slavic), bisericesc (Made in Romanian), călugăriță (Made in Romanian), cuvios (Made in Romanian), pios (French), evlavios (Made in Romanian)

Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card

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