Etymology

overromanticize

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Today it means: To romanticize too much. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. LatinRōma
  8. LatinRōmānus
  9. Latinrōmānicus
  10. Vulgar Latinrōmānicē
  11. Old Frenchromanz
  12. Old Frenchromaunt
  13. Englishromant
  14. Englishromantic
  15. Englishromanticize
  16. English todayoverromanticize

From over- + romanticize.

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