Where the Romanian word “schimba” comes from
Inherited from Latin.
- DEX ’98 says
Lat. *excambiare.
→ Inherited Latin · DEX '98- Wiktionary says
- Inherited Latin (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Vulgar Latin excambiāre ← Latin ex ← Late Latin cambiō
- In film dialogue
- 520 times per million words · number 208 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 232 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 318 289 339 375 451 - Swap in a synonym
- vorbi (Made in Romanian), muta (Inherited Latin), transforma (French), modifica (Learned Latin), preface (Made in Romanian), deghiza (French), coresponda (Unknown origin), conversa (French)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card