romanz

Old French edit

Alternative forms edit

romans, romant, romauns, roumans, roumant, rommans, rommant, ronmanz

Etymology edit

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 edit

IPA^(key): /ruˈmant͡s/

Noun edit

romanz oblique singular, m (oblique plural romanz, nominative singular romanz, nominative plural romanz)

(usually uncountable) Old French (language)
Synonym: françois
(countable) a story in Old French
(countable) account (verbal description of an event)
(countable) talking; discussion

Descendants edit

French: roman (“novel”) (see there for further descendants)
French: romand (“Swiss French”)
→ Italian: romanzo
- → Greek: ρομάντζο (romántzo)
→ Sicilian: rumanzu
→ English: romaunt (archaic)
→ Middle English: romauns, roumance
- English: romance (see there for further descendants)
- Scots: romans, romance

Noun edit

romanz m

oblique plural of romant
nominative singular of romant

References edit

^ 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 IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (romans)

[1] Etymology and history of “roman”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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