Romanian etymology in numbers
Counted from the etymologies of the 1 Romanian entry in this dictionary, and recounted every few hours as entries are added. See also Romanian words by origin.
Borrowed, inherited or formed
Each entry counted once: as borrowed if its etymology names a language it was taken from, else as inherited, else as formed within Romanian.
- Borrowed 0% · 0 taken from another language
- Inherited 100% · 1 passed down from an ancestor of Romanian
- Formed in Romanian 0% · 0 compounds and derivatives of its own words
- Not traced yet 0% · 0 no etymology links yet
Ultimate origins by language family
Where the 1 traced word end up when their etymologies are followed back as far as they go, from entry to entry, grouped into families and the branches of Indo-European.
- Italic 1 · 100% Proto-Italic 1
When the words arrived
The 1 entry with a first-attestation date, by century and by the language each was borrowed from.
- Inherited or formed
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| Century | Inherited or formed | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 13th century | 1 | 1 |
Most prolific roots
The words that the most Romanian entries go back to, at the far end of their etymologies.
- 1 Proto-Italic *akʷā → apă
Longest journeys
The Romanian words whose etymologies pass through the most languages, followed from entry to entry.