French

Where the Romanian word “soldat” comes from

From French.

DEX ’98 says

Homonym 2 (s.m.): Din fr. soldat, it. soldato, germ. Soldat. → French · DEX '98

Homonym 1 (adj.): V. solda. → Made in Romanian · DEX '98

Wiktionary says

French (same language)

The route, according to Wiktionary

French soldat ← German Soldat ← Italian soldato

In film dialogue

132 times per million words · number 619 among spoken words

In Wikipedia

159 times per million words

In Romanian prose, per million words

1825–1849	1850–1874	1875–1899	1900–1924	1925–1949
133	100	153	209	73

Swap in a synonym

luptător (Made in Romanian), ostaș (Made in Romanian), militant (French), combatant (French), oștean (Made in Romanian), voinic (Neighbouring Slavic languages), cătană (Hungarian)

Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card

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