Where does “romano” come from?

romano (Esperanto) comes from Russian рома́н, from French roman, from Old French romanz, from Latin rōmānicē, from Latin -ē, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

romano (Esperanto): novel; Roman

Definitions

novel; Roman

Ancestry of “romano”, step by step

romano traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian рома́н

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Russian	рома́н	novel
2	French	roman	Romance; romanesque; A novel
3	Old French	romanz	Old French; a story in Old French; account
4	Latin	rōmānicē	in the Roman manner
5	Latin	-ē	ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives
6	Latin	dis-	asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
7	Latin	calceus	shoe
8	Latin	calx	limestone; chalk; the finish line
9	Ancient Greek	χάλιξ	small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

via Esperanto Romo

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Esperanto	Romo	Rome

via Italian romanzo

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Italian	romanzo	Romance; novel; literature

Words derived from “romano”

Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξ →Every word from Latin dis- →Every word from Latin -ē →