Etymology

bromantical

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to a bromantic tendency or character. Full definition →

English romantical ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Old French romaunt
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰréh₂tēr
  2. Proto-Germanic*brōþēr
  3. Proto-West Germanic*brōþer
  4. Old Englishbrōþor
  5. Middle Englishbrother
  6. Englishbrotherclip.
  7. Englishbro
  8. LatinRōma
  9. LatinRōmānus
  10. Latinrōmānicus
  11. Vulgar Latinrōmānicē
  12. Old Frenchromanz
  13. Old Frenchromaunt
  14. Englishromant
  15. Englishromantic
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  18. Englishromantical
  19. English todaybromantical

Blend of bro + romantical, equivalent to bromantic + -al.

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