aroness

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Hellenic *ə-

Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der.

English a-

Vulgar Latin Rōma

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nos

Vulgar Latin -nus

Vulgar Latin -ānus

Vulgar Latin rōmānus

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Vulgar Latin -icus

Vulgar Latin rōmānicus

Vulgar Latin -ē

Vulgar Latin rōmānicē

Old French romanz

Old French romauntder.

English romant

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Latin -icuslbor.

Old French -iquebor.

Middle English -ik

English -ic

English romantic

English aromanticclip.

English aro

Proto-Germanic *-in-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti

Proto-Germanic *-ōną

Proto-Germanic *-inōną

Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-

Proto-Germanic *-atjaną

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Germanic *-þuz

Proto-Germanic *-assuz

Proto-Germanic *-inassuz

Proto-West Germanic *-nassī

Old English -nes

Middle English -nesse

English -ness

English aroness

From aro + -ness.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.ɹəʊ.nəs/
Audio (US): (file)

Noun

aroness (uncountable)

(slang, neologism) The state of experiencing little to no romantic attraction to others.
Synonyms: aromanticism, aromanticity
- 2015 September 19, church (@gntmconfessions), Twitter‎^[1]:
  people who believe gintoki's aroness can be 'fixed' really need to reevaluate themselves
- 2021, Ela Przybyło, “Ace and aro lesbian art and theory with Agnes Martin and Yayoi Kusama”, in Journal of Lesbian Studies, volume 26, number 1:
  While much more work is obviously needed on exploring Martin’s aceness and aroness, I want to suggest that Martin’s assertions suggest that while lesbian, Martin was also aromantic and asexual.
- 2021 June 15, Glitter's Garden (@GlittersGarden), Twitter‎^[2]:
  Not every aro-spec person is going to experience aroness the exact same way as another.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:aroness.