French

Where the Romanian word “rezistență” comes from

From French.

DEX ’98 says

Din fr. résistance, it. resistenza. → French · DEX '98

In film dialogue

24 times per million words · number 2,278 among spoken words

In Wikipedia

99 times per million words

In Romanian prose, per million words

1825–1849	1850–1874	1875–1899	1900–1924	1925–1949
0.0	5.1	13	25	38

Swap in a synonym

apărare (Made in Romanian), opoziție (Learned Latin), greutate (Made in Romanian), obstacol (French), piedică (Inherited Latin), împotrivire (Made in Romanian), rezistor (French)

Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card

More words from the same layer

comun, exista, deveni, populație, file, problemă, tip, dată, general, continua, termina, local