deromanticize

deromanticize

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *de
Proto-Indo-European *-h₁
Proto-Indo-European *déh₁
Proto-Italic *dē
Latin dē
Latin dē-der.
English de-
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
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
Late Latin -izōder.
Middle French -iserbor.
Middle English -isen
English -ize
English romanticize
English deromanticize

    From de- + romanticize.

    Verb

    deromanticize (third-person singular simple present deromanticizes, present participle deromanticizing, simple past and past participle deromanticized)

    1. (transitive) To strip of romance; to make realistic rather than wishfully ideal.
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