aro
adjEtymology
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 *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Vulgar Latin -icus Vulgar Latin rōmānicus Vulgar Latin -ē Vulgar Latin rōmānicē Old French romanz Old French romauntder. English romant ▲ Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English romantic English aromanticclip. English aro Clipping of aromantic. Coined on the Internet in the 2010s.
- derived from -iquebor
- derived from romant ▲ Latin -icuslbor
Definitions
Aromantic (not experiencing romantic attraction).
- I love being aro; dating is so stressful.
- For ace and aro people, the possibilities for diverse relationships are endless, despite how pop culture often brands our identity as restrictive and confined.
- For the show to completely and utterly ignore this is huge since there are very few representations of aro and ace-spec people in media of any kind.
A person who is aromantic.
- While aces and aros can often be a misunderstood demographic in the queer community and outside of it, information about our identities is making its way into more conversations.
- Now most of my social circle is made up of other aces and aros.
- Building off from this calling card, aros have a more obscure variation of this where they don white rings.
Alternative form of Aari
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Abbreviation of average rate option.
Initialism of audio receive only.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for aro. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA