aro

adj
/ˈæ.ɹəʊ/UK/ˈɛɹ.oʊ//ˈæ.ɹoʊ/US

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 *-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.

  1. derived from -iquebor

Definitions

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Alternative form of Aari

  4. + 2 more definitions
    1. Abbreviation of average rate option.

    2. 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