Etymograph

English

Romero

Romero comes from Spanish Romero, from Late Latin Rōmaeus ‘Romaean, Byzantine’, and ultimately from Byzantine Greek Ῥωμαῖος.

  1. Byzantine Greekc. 600–1453Ῥωμαῖοςliterally ‘Roman’
  2. Late Latinc. 200–600 CERōmaeus‘Romaean, Byzantine’
  3. Spanishc. 1500–presentRomero
  4. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Byzantine Greekc. 600–1453Ῥωμαῖοςliterally ‘Roman’
  2. Late Latinc. 200–600 CERōmaeus‘Romaean, Byzantine’
  3. Spanishc. 1500–presentRomero
  4. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

name A surname from Spanish.

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

Etymograph / Byzantine Greek Ῥωμαῖος / Romero