Where the Romanian word “scuza” comes from
From Italian.
- DEX ’98 says
Din it. scusare. Cf. fr. excuser.
→ Italian · DEX '98- Wiktionary says
- Italian (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Italian scusare ← French excuser ← Latin excusare
- In film dialogue
- 748 times per million words · number 153 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 5.5 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 0.0 20 16 33 73 - Swap in a synonym
- ierta (Inherited Latin), justifica (Learned Latin), motiva (French), dezvinovăți (Made in Romanian)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card
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