Where does “șaradă” come from?

șaradă (Romanian) comes from French charade, from Occitan charrada, from Occitan charrar — to chat; to waffle; to chatter.

șaradă (Romanian): charade

Definitions

  1. charade

Ancestry of “șaradă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcharadecharade; something bizarre or hard to understand;...
2Occitancharradaconversation; chatter
3Occitancharrarto chat; to waffle; to chatter
Every word from Occitan charrar →Every word from Occitan charrada →Every word from French charade →
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