Where the Romanian word “zvon” comes from
From Old Slavic.
- DEX ’98 says
Din sl. zvonŭ.
→ Old Slavic · DEX '98- Wiktionary says
- Old Slavic (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Old Church Slavonic звонъ ← Proto-Slavic zvonъ
- In film dialogue
- 35 times per million words · number 1,738 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 17 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 7.4 6.1 9.4 44 35 - Swap in a synonym
- cuvânt (Inherited Latin), vorbă (Unknown origin), sunet (Inherited Latin), clopot (Old Slavic), gălăgie (Unknown origin), șoaptă (Made in Romanian), răsunet (Made in Romanian), zumzet (Made in Romanian)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card
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