Where the Romanian word “șef” comes from
From French.
- DEX ’98 says
Din fr. chef.
→ French · DEX '98- Wiktionary says
- French (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- French chef ← Vulgar Latin capus ← Latin caput
- In film dialogue
- 309 times per million words · number 326 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 189 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 54 33 71 158 274 - Swap in a synonym
- cap (Inherited Latin), superior (Learned Latin), conducător (Made in Romanian), dirijor (Made in Romanian), căpetenie (Made in Romanian), lector (German)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card
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