Where the Romanian word “spori” comes from
From a neighbouring Slavic language.
- DEX ’98 says
- Homonym 1 (vb.):
Din spor. Pentru sensul 4, cf. bg. sporja, scr. sporiti "a discuta".
→ Neighbouring Slavic languages · DEX '98 - Wiktionary says
- Old Slavic (a different language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Old Church Slavonic споръ ← Proto-Slavic sporъ
- In film dialogue
- 4.6 times per million words · number 6,425 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 27 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 53 25 37 37 20 - Swap in a synonym
- crește (Inherited Latin), povesti (Made in Romanian), împinge (Inherited Latin), mări (Made in Romanian), înainta (Made in Romanian), zori (Old Slavic), înmulți (Made in Romanian), progresa (French)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card
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