Etymology

aroness

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

English aro ← 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. Englisharomanticclip.
  15. Englisharo
  16. English todayaroness

From aro + -ness.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.