Etymograph

English

Roman

Roman comes from Latin Rōma ‘Rome’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CERōma‘Rome’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CERōmānus
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400Romain
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1837Roman

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CERōma‘Rome’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CERōmānus
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400Romain
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1837Roman

Earliest quotation: 1837, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, The Influence of an Invitation: “Yes, I feel that I ought; and with me,…”

Linked words

through Latin Rōmānus

romaine, unromantic, 7 more

Today it means

adj Of or from Rome.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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