Where the Romanian word “vad” comes from
Inherited from Latin.
- DEX ’98 says
Lat. vadum.
→ Inherited Latin · DEX '98- Wiktionary says
- Inherited Latin (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Latin vadum ← Proto-Italic waðom ← Proto-Indo-European wh₂dʰóm
- In film dialogue
- 31 times per million words · number 1,916 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 29 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 12 15 10 20 5.7 - Swap in a synonym
- drum (Old Slavic), apă (Inherited Latin), cale (Inherited Latin), mal (Unknown origin), țărm (Made in Romanian), albie (Inherited Latin), liman (Turkish), matcă (Neighbouring Slavic languages)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card