Etymology

polyromantic

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Today it means: Romantically attracted to more than one gender. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*polh₁ús
  3. Ancient Greekπολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)
  4. Englishpoly-
  5. LatinRōma
  6. LatinRōmānus
  7. Latinrōmānicus
  8. Vulgar Latinrōmānicē
  9. Old Frenchromanz
  10. Old Frenchromaunt
  11. Englishromant
  12. Englishromantic
  13. English todaypolyromantic

From poly- + romantic. Compare polysexuality.

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