Learned Latin

Where the Romanian word “ruina” comes from

Taken from written Latin.

DEX ’98 says

Din lat. ruinare, fr. ruiner. → Learned Latin · DEX '98

Wiktionary says

French (a different language)

The route, according to Wiktionary

French ruiner ← Latin ruinare

In film dialogue

17 times per million words · number 2,860 among spoken words

In Wikipedia

2.7 times per million words

In Romanian prose, per million words

1825–1849	1850–1874	1875–1899	1900–1924	1925–1949
6.9	13	20	13	9.5

Swap in a synonym

distruge (Italian), degrada (French), nenoroci (Made in Romanian), sărăci (Made in Romanian), nărui (Unknown origin), prăpădi (Neighbouring Slavic languages), surpa (Inherited Latin)

Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card

More words from the same layer

sat, secol, familie, perioadă, ultim, politic, regulă, punct, caz, persoană, mod, apărea