köken: From karakter + -istiek: from Ancient Greek χαρακτηριστικός (kharaktēristikós), from χαρακτηρίζω (kharaktērízō, “to designate by a characteristic mark”), from χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr, “a mark, character”).
strange; weird (not normal) · picky; particular (demanding to have things just right) · exquisite (especially fine)
çekim: üstünlük o mais esquisito
köken: Learned borrowing from Latin exquīsītus, perfect passive participle of exquīrō. Cognate with Spanish exquisito and English exquisite, both false friends.
strange, odd, unusual, surprising (that which causes surprise, incomprehension)
çekim: karşılaştırma dīvaināks · üstünlük visdīvainākais
köken: From dīvs (“fantastic creature”) + -ains. Some authors consider it a borrowing from Slavic languages. Cognates include Lithuanian dỹvinas, Old Church Slavonic дивьнъ (divĭnŭ), дивьнъиь (divĭnŷiĭ), Russian ди́вный (dívnyj), Belarusian дзі́ўны (dzíwny, “strange, peculiar”), Ukrainian ди́вний (dývnyj), Bulgarian ди́вен (díven), Czech divný (“strange, wonderful”), Polish dziwny, Latin dīvīnus…
köken: From Old Galician-Portuguese estraño (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin extraneus. Doublet of estranxeiro. Cognate with Portuguese estranho and Spanish extraño.