ciumă

See also: ciumã

Romanian

Etymology

Probably from Latin cyma, from Ancient Greek κῦμα (kûma, “swell, wave, billow”). The meaning was probably derived from the swellings from diseases such as the bubonic plague. Compare also Aromanian ciumã (“peak, summit”), which has a meaning shared by most other Romance languages.

Noun

ciumă f (plural ciume)

  1. plague, pest, pestilence

Synonyms
  • pestă

See also
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