Where the Romanian word “reține” comes from
Made in Romanian.
- DEX ’98 says
Re- + ține (după fr. retenir).
→ Made in Romanian · DEX '98- In the main count it counts as: Inherited Latin
- Wiktionary says
- French (a different language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- French retenir ← Latin retineō
- In film dialogue
- 37 times per million words · number 1,678 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 16 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 2.5 26 4.2 24 48 - Swap in a synonym
- opri (Old Slavic), aminti (Made in Romanian), păstra (Neighbouring Slavic languages), împiedica (Inherited Latin), stăpâni (Made in Romanian), rezerva (French), abține (French), înfrâna (Inherited Latin)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card
More words from the same layer
din, pentru, cel, dacă, sau, prin, ceva, numi, despre, îî, dintre, vorbi