Talk:romance

Language Group

What does this word have in relation to "Romance Languages"?

That topic is discussed on a separate page, spelt with a capital R. See Romance. SaveFerris 21:04, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

Connection

Can we get this in some form into the etymology sections of all these related terms?

c.1300, "story of a hero's adventures," also (early 14c.), "vernacular language of France" (as opposed to Latin), from O.Fr. romanz "verse narrative," originally an adverb, "in the vernacular language," from V.L. *romanice scribere "to write in a Romance language" (one developed from Latin instead of Frankish), from L. Romanicus "of or in the Roman style," from Romanus "Roman" (see Roman). The connecting notion is that medieval vernacular tales were usually about chivalric adventure. Literary sense extended by 1660s to "a love story." Extended 1610s to other modern languages derived from Latin (Spanish, Italian, etc.). Meaning "adventurous quality" first recorded 1801; that of "love affair, idealistic quality" is from 1916. The verb meaning "court as a lover" is from 1942. -etymonline

81.68.255.36 00:22, 8 December 2011 (UTC)

Verb Form

@4:35 in [1], a commentary on the use of 'romance' as a verb in the first person, where "I have a crush on x, I can't wait to romance x." is seen as an awkward use in daily life scenarios. I don't know how to construct a relevant usage note or if such a note is warranted; I don't have enough experience using the word as a verb outside that context. --Geographyinitiative (talk) 17:44, 26 June 2022 (UTC)