Where the Romanian word “zice” comes from
Inherited from Latin.
- DEX ’98 says
Lat. dicere.
→ Inherited Latin · DEX '98- Wiktionary says
- Inherited Latin (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Latin dīcere ← Proto-Italic deikō ← Proto-Indo-European déyḱeti
- In film dialogue
- 1,628 times per million words · number 71 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 322 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 5,396 4,690 4,547 2,383 2,790 - Swap in a synonym
- spune (Inherited Latin), crede (Inherited Latin), vorbi (Made in Romanian), deci (Made in Romanian), gândi (Made in Romanian), scrie (Inherited Latin), imediat (French), răspunde (Inherited Latin)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card