Etymograph

English

panromantic

Panromantic comes from English romantic ‘(adjective) of or relating to Romanticism’, and goes back to Latin Rōma.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CERōma
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CERōmānus‘Roman’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErōmānicus‘Roman’
  4. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CErōmānicē‘in the Roman manner’
  5. Old Frenchc. 842–1400romanz
  6. Old French, derivedc. 842–1400romaunt
  7. English1500–presentromantic‘(adjective) of or relating to Romanticism’
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1940panromantic

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CERōma
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CERōmānus‘Roman’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErōmānicus‘Roman’
  4. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CErōmānicē‘in the Roman manner’
  5. Old Frenchc. 842–1400romanz
  6. Old French, derivedc. 842–1400romaunt
  7. English1500–presentromantic‘(adjective) of or relating to Romanticism’
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1940panromantic

Earliest quotation: 1940, Eugene Jolas, Poets and Poetry: Beyond Surrealism: “These romantics were the first explorers of the unconscious,…”

The story

Adjective sense 2 (‘romantically attracted to people regardless of gender identity or sex’) was independently coined in the early 21st century.

Linked words

through Latin Rōmānus ‘Roman’

romano, romaine, 5 more

through English romantic ‘(adjective) of or relating to Romanticism’

unromantic, 4 more

Today it means

adj Transcending various forms of Romanticism (“an intellectual (especially artistic, literary, musical, and philosophical) movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century, characterized by an emphasis on emotion and individualism as well as glorification of nature and the past, preferring the medieval to the classical”).

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

Etymograph / Latin Rōma / panromantic

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