Where the Romanian word “speranță” comes from
From Italian.
- DEX ’98 says
Din it. speranza.
→ Italian · DEX '98- Wiktionary says
- Italian (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Italian speranza
- In film dialogue
- 84 times per million words · number 870 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 53 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 126 117 80 96 83 - Swap in a synonym
- spera (Learned Latin), descuraja (French), nădejde (Old Slavic), nădăjdui (Made in Romanian)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card
More words from the same layer
stat, scuza, cameră, reuși, francez, oferi, armată, republică, proces, distruge, căpitan, piață