Where does “Romanze” come from?
Romanze (German) comes from French romance, from Spanish romance, from Old French romanz, from Latin rōmānicē, from Latin -ē, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Romanze (German): romance
Ancestry of “Romanze”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | romance | a ballad; a love song; first-person singular... |
| 2 | Spanish | romance | Romance; romance, love affair; romance |
| 3 | Old French | romanz | Old French; a story in Old French; account |
| 4 | Latin | rōmānicē | — |
| 5 | Latin | -ē | — |
| 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 |