Where the Romanian word “scump” comes from
From Old Slavic.
- DEX ’98 says
Din sl. skonpŭ.
→ Old Slavic · DEX '98- Wiktionary says
- Old Slavic (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Old Church Slavonic скѫпъ ← Proto-Slavic skǫpъ
- In film dialogue
- 58 times per million words · number 1,197 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 20 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 396 245 176 172 135 - Swap in a synonym
- mare (Inherited Latin), bun (Inherited Latin), drag (Old Slavic), iubit (Made in Romanian), ridicat (Made in Romanian), valoros (French), prețios (French), costisitor (Made in Romanian)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card
More words from the same layer
trebui, nevoie, război, prea, primi, prieten, drum, opri, iubi, vreme, trăi, sfânt