Etymology

semiromantic

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Today it means: Somewhat romantic. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sēmi
  3. Latinsēmi-
  4. Englishsemi-
  5. LatinRōma
  6. LatinRōmānus
  7. Latinrōmānicus
  8. Vulgar Latinrōmānicē
  9. Old Frenchromanz
  10. Old Frenchromaunt
  11. Englishromant
  12. Englishromantic
  13. English todaysemiromantic

From semi- + romantic.

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