Etymology

heteroromanticism

Today it means: The state of being heteroromantic, i.e. romantically attracted to the opposite gender. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sḿ̥teros
  3. Proto-Hellenic*hə́teros
  4. Ancient Greekἕτερος (héteros)
  5. Englishhetero-
  6. LatinRōma
  7. LatinRōmānus
  8. Latinrōmānicus
  9. Vulgar Latinrōmānicē
  10. Old Frenchromanz
  11. Old Frenchromaunt
  12. Englishromant
  13. Englishromantic
  14. Englishheteroromantic
  15. English todayheteroromanticism

From heteroromantic + -ism.

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