Unknown origin

Where the Romanian word “vatră” comes from

Of unknown origin.

DEX ’98 says

Cf. alb. vatre. → Unknown origin · DEX '98

In film dialogue

2.1 times per million words · number 9,747 among spoken words

In Wikipedia

68 times per million words

In Romanian prose, per million words

1825–1849	1850–1874	1875–1899	1900–1924	1925–1949
54	34	65	49	18

Swap in a synonym

casă (Inherited Latin), strat (Inherited Latin), locuință (Made in Romanian), cămin (Old Slavic), răzor (Neighbouring Slavic languages), lenevi (Made in Romanian)

Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card

More words from the same layer

dar, iar, găsi, puțin, copil, ban, privi, băiat, naibă, ori, adică, vorbă