Where does “Romanesque” come from?

Romanesque derives from French -esque, Italian -esco, Latin -anus, Latin -um, and Proto-Indo-European -iskos, a suffix forming adjectives denoting resemblance or style.

Romanesque (English): Somewhat resembling the Roman; applied sometimes...

Definitions

  1. Somewhat resembling the Roman; applied sometimes...

Ancestry of “Romanesque”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishromanupright, as opposed to italic; of or related to...
2Old FrenchRomainRoman
3LatinRōmānusRoman
4Latin-ānusOf or pertaining to; -ian

Words derived from “Romanesque

Every word from Latin -ānus