Where does “recipromantic” come from?
recipromantic (English) comes from English Romantic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine, from Latin imāginem — in.
recipromantic (English): Experiencing romantic attraction only to people known to reciprocate one's feelings
Definitions
- Experiencing romantic attraction only to people known to reciprocate one's feelings
Ancestry of “recipromantic”, step by step
recipromantic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Romantic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Romantic | Of or pertaining to Romance; Of or pertaining to... |
| 2 | English | -ic | Used to form adjectives from nouns with the... |
| 3 | English | image | An optical or other representation of a real... |
| 4 | French | image | picture, image; frame; first-person singular... |
| 5 | Portuguese | imagem | image; picture; figure; image; image; face |
| 6 | Spanish | imagen | image |
| 7 | Italian | immagine | image; imago |
| 8 | Latin | imāginem | — |
| 9 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 10 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 11 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 12 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English reciprocal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | reciprocal | Of a feeling, action or such: mutual, uniformly... |
| 2 | Latin | reciprocus | back and forth; alternating; reciprocal |
| 3 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 4 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 5 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |