roman.
novel, epic (work of fiction)
Meaning & usage
novel, epic (work of fiction)
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from French roman (“novel, epic”), from Old French romanz.
Roman
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin rōmānus. Doublet of român (“Romanian”), rumân, and aromân (“Aromanian”), which was inherited. By surface analysis, Roma + -an.
Roman
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin rōmānus. Doublet of român (“Romanian”), rumân, and aromân (“Aromanian”), which was inherited. By surface analysis, Roma + -an.
Medieval romance
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from French roman (“a medieval romance”).
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