romance
French
noun
Definitions
- a ballad; a love song
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish, Castilian romance derived from Old French romanz (common language) derived from Old Occitan romans derived from Latin *romanĭce, rōmānice, rōmānicus (Roman, roman).
Origin
Latin
rōmānicus
Gloss
Roman, roman
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Romanic English
- romantic English
- *romanĭce Latin
- romanicē Latin
- rōmānice Latin
- rōmānicus Latin
- rōmānicē Latin
- Romanze German
- romanico Italian
- romanzo Italian
- romance Dutch, Flemish
- roman French
- romance Spanish, Castilian
- romancear Spanish, Castilian
- romancero Spanish, Castilian
- románico Spanish, Castilian
- romanse Norwegian Bokmål
- romance Portuguese
- romans Polish
- romansidło Polish
- romanse Norwegian Nynorsk
- romauns Middle English
- romanz Old French
- romanço Old Portuguese
- romans Old Occitan