bromantic

bromantic

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr
Proto-Germanic *brōþēr
Proto-West Germanic *brōþer
Old English brōþor
Middle English brother
English brotherclip.
English bro
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
blend
English bromantic

    Blend of bro + romantic.

    Pronunciation

    • (General American) IPA(key): /bɹoʊˈmæntɪk/
    • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɹəʊˈmæntɪk/
    • Audio (General Australian):(file)
    • Hyphenation: bro‧man‧tic

    Adjective

    bromantic (comparative more bromantic, superlative most bromantic)

    1. (slang) Of or relating to bromance.
      • 2014, Michael DeAngelis, Reading the Bromance: Homosocial Relationships in Film and Television, Wayne State University Press:
        […] for understanding how the bromantic plot […] maintain the primacy of relations between men.

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