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dintru
from /ˈdin.tru/
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Also: out of, from within (archaic/literary)
Example sentences
Dintru început, mi-a plăcut mult acest oraș.
From the beginning, I liked this city a lot.
Cei doi frați au fost apropiați dintru început.
The two brothers were close from the beginning.
Dintru adâncuri am strigat către Tine, Doamne.
Out of the depths I have cried to you, Lord.
Dintru bun început, am simțit că ceva nu era în regulă.
Right from the start, I felt something was wrong.
Dintru înălțimea turnului, orașul părea o hartă vie.
From the height of the tower, the city looked like a living map.
Dintru-nceputul veacurilor, taina creației a rămas nepătrunsă.
From the beginning of the ages, the mystery of creation has remained impenetrable.
Word family
dinfrom, ofîntruinto, in (archaic/literary)
dintr-un / dintr-ofrom a/an
dinăuntrufrom inside
înăuntruinside, withinEtymology
Dintru fuses two older Romanian prepositions: din, meaning 'from' (from Latin de plus in), and întru, meaning 'into' or 'within' (from Latin intro). Speakers welded the two together long ago to make a heavier, more solemn version of plain din. The word now survives mainly in fixed literary and religious phrases, such as dintru început, 'from the beginning', and dintru adâncuri, 'out of the depths', a line from the Romanian Orthodox Psalms.
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