Etymology

romanticness

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Today it means: The state or quality of being romantic. Full definition →

First used 18th c.English romantic ← Old French romaunt ← Vulgar Latin rōmānicē
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  1. LatinRōma
  2. LatinRōmānus
  3. Latinrōmānicus
  4. Vulgar Latinrōmānicē
  5. Old Frenchromanz
  6. Old Frenchromaunt
  7. Englishromant
  8. Englishromantic
  9. English todayromanticness

From romantic + -ness.

First known use, by meaning

  • from 18th c. The state or quality of being romantic.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.