Etymology

romantical

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

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English romantic ← Old French romaunt
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The story

  1. LatinRōma
  2. LatinRōmānus
  3. Latinrōmānicus
  4. Vulgar Latinrōmānicē
  5. Old Frenchromanz
  6. Old Frenchromaunt
  7. Englishromant
  8. Englishromantic
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  11. English todayromantical

From romantic + -al.

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