Where the Romanian word “ulei” comes from
From Old Slavic.
- DEX ’98 says
- Homonym 1 (pl. -uri):
Din sl. olej.
→ Old Slavic · DEX '98 - Homonym 2 (pl. -e):
Din bg. ulej.
→ Neighbouring Slavic languages · DEX '98 - Wiktionary says
- Old Slavic (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Old Church Slavonic олѣи ← Proto-Slavic olějь ← Latin oleum ← Ancient Greek ἔλαιον
- In film dialogue
- 23 times per million words · number 2,306 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 51 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 2.5 1.5 1.6 9.5 15 - Swap in a synonym
- stup (Inherited Latin)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card
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