Where the Romanian word “tiran” comes from
From Greek.
- DEX ’98 says
- Homonym 1 (adj.):
Din ngr. tirannos, fr. tyran.
→ Greek · DEX '98 - Homonym 2 (s.m.):
Din ngr. tirannos, fr. tyran.
→ Greek · DEX '98 - Wiktionary says
- Greek (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Ancient Greek τύραννος ← French tyran ← Russian тира́н
- In film dialogue
- 4.9 times per million words · number 6,216 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 12 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 114 52 13 17 18 - Swap in a synonym
- crud (Inherited Latin), dictator (French), autoritar (French), nemilos (Made in Romanian), despot (Greek), satrap (French), despotic (French), asupritor (Made in Romanian)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card
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