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According to Romanian historian Ion I. Russu , there are supposedly over 160 Romanian words of Dacian origin, representing, together with derivates, 10% of the basic Romanian vocabulary. [ 1 ] Below is a list of Romanian words believed by early scholars to be of Dacian origin, which have also been attributed to other origins.
Romanian has inherited about 2000 Latin words through Vulgar Latin, sometimes referred to as Danubian Latin in this context, that form the essential part of the lexis and without them communication would not be possible. 500 of these words are found in all other Romance languages, and they include prepositions and conjunctions (ex: cu, de, pe, spre), numerals (ex: unu, doi, trei), pronouns (ex ...
On the day of the vote, the tribes convened at dawn. The meeting started with a prayer, unaccompanied by sacrifice. [27] For legislative meetings, the presiding magistrate was the one who proposed the bill (rogatio legis) to be voted on, and after the prayer he laid his bill before the people. For electoral meetings, he announced the names of ...
Named after the city of Arad, formerly Urod (11th century) after the name of a Hungarian knight, probably from the root ur meaning lord, meaning a place, which belongs to your (-od/today:ad) lord (úr). Argeș: Dacian: Named after the Argeș River, in ancient times Argessos, probably meaning "shiny". Bacău: Hungarian or Slavic or Cuman ...
cove – British-English colloquial term meaning a person or chap (from kova "that person") dick – detective (potentially from dik ...
Orlok – The name of a fictional vampire, derived from the word vǎrkolak. [11] Sânziană – A type of fairy; also the name of plants in the genus Galium. [12] Uriaș – Synonymous with giant. Ursari – Romani animal trainers; bear-leaders. Vâlvă – Female spirits. Zmeu – A dragon-like creature. Zongora – A string instrument.
The Dicționar moldovenesc-românesc ("Moldovan–Romanian dictionary") is a dictionary compiled by Vasile Stati and published in 2003 in Chișinău in Moldova.Being the first and only one of its kind, it contains 19,000 allegedly Moldovan (one of the two names for the Romanian language in Moldova) words that are explained in Romanian.
Pages in category "Ancient tribes in Romania" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Aedi;