Etymology

aromanticity

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Today it means: The state of experiencing little to no romantic attraction to others. Full definition →

English aromantic ← Old French romaunt ← Vulgar Latin rōmānicē
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  4. Ancient Greekἀ- (a-)
  5. Englisha-
  6. LatinRōma
  7. LatinRōmānus
  8. Latinrōmānicus
  9. Vulgar Latinrōmānicē
  10. Old Frenchromanz
  11. Old Frenchromaunt
  12. Englishromant
  13. Englishromantic
  14. Englisharomantic
  15. English todayaromanticity

From aromantic + -ity, or a- + romanticity.

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