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Unknown origin

Where the Romanian word “șopârlă” comes from

Of unknown origin.

DEX ’98 says
Cf. alb. shapi. → Unknown origin · DEX '98
Wiktionary says
Unknown origin (same language)
The route, according to Wiktionary
Ancient Greek σήψ ← Latin sepinula
In film dialogue
6.3 times per million words · number 5,429 among spoken words
In Wikipedia
6.7 times per million words
In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–18491850–18741875–18991900–19241925–1949
2.56.18.49.513
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salamandră (French)

Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card

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