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
- Somewhat resembling the Roman; applied sometimes...
Ancestry of “Romanesque”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | roman | upright, as opposed to italic; of or related to... |
| 2 | Old French | Romain | Roman |
| 3 | Latin | Rōmānus | — |
| 4 | Latin | -ānus | — |
Words derived from “Romanesque”