romanz
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin rōmānicē (“in a Roman manner”), from Latin rōmānicus < rōmānus. Forms ending in -t are due to the fact -z often replaces -ts at end of a nominative singular form. In this instance, the -z or -s ending is from the -icē ending of rōmānicē, not the addition of an -s to a word ending in -t.[1] Compare Old Occitan romans, cf. also Romansch rumantsch.
Pronunciation
Noun
romanz oblique singular, m (oblique plural romanz, nominative singular romanz, nominative plural romanz)
- (usually uncountable) Old French (language)
- (countable) a story in Old French
- (countable) account (verbal description of an event)
- (countable) talking; discussion
Synonyms
- (Old French): françois
Descendants
Noun
romanz m
References
- ^ Etymology and history of “roman”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (romans)
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