Where the Romanian word “unghie” comes from
Inherited from Latin.
- DEX ’98 says
Lat. ungla (= ungula).
→ Inherited Latin · DEX '98- Wiktionary says
- Inherited Latin (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Vulgar Latin ungla ← Latin ungula ← Proto-Indo-European h₃negʰ-
- In film dialogue
- 20 times per million words · number 2,557 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 2.4 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 25 19 25 19 25 - Swap in a synonym
- ataca (French), deloc (Made in Romanian), regreta (French), gheară (Unknown origin), constrânge (Made in Romanian), copită (Old Slavic)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card