Etymology

panromantic

pan·ro·mant·ic
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Today it means: Transcending various forms of Romanticism (“an intellectual (especially artistic, literary, musical, and philosophical) movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century, characterized by an emphasis on emotion and individualism as well as glorification of nature and the past, preferring the medieval to the classical”). Full definition →

First used early 21st c.English romantic ← Old French romaunt ← Vulgar Latin rōmānicē
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*peh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ph₂énts?
  3. Proto-Hellenic*pánts
  4. Ancient Greekπᾶς (pâs)
  5. Ancient Greekπᾰν- (păn-)
  6. Englishpan-
  7. LatinRōma
  8. LatinRōmānus
  9. Latinrōmānicus
  10. Vulgar Latinrōmānicē
  11. Old Frenchromanz
  12. Old Frenchromaunt
  13. Englishromant
  14. Englishromantic
  15. English todaypanromantic

From pan- (prefix meaning ‘all’) + romantic (“(adjective) of or relating to Romanticism; conducive to romance, affectionate, loving; (noun) person behaving romantically”). Adjective sense 2 (“romantically attracted to people regardless of gender identity or sex”) was independently coined in the early 21st century.

First known use, by meaning

  • from early 21st c. Romantically attracted to people regardless of gender identity or sex.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.