French

Where the Romanian word “violență” comes from

From French.

DEX ’98 says

Din fr. violence, lat. violentia, it. violenza. → French · DEX '98

In film dialogue

32 times per million words · number 1,840 among spoken words

In Wikipedia

48 times per million words

In Romanian prose, per million words

1825–1849	1850–1874	1875–1899	1900–1924	1925–1949
0.0	8.4	9.5	37	38

Swap in a synonym

putere (Made in Romanian), intensitate (French), tărie (Made in Romanian), constrângere (Made in Romanian), brutalitate (French), acuitate (French), vehemență (French)

Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card

More words from the same layer

comun, exista, deveni, populație, file, problemă, tip, dată, general, continua, termina, local