Romanesque

Words with a similar base: Romanesque, Romanesque_architecture

'Romanesque'

[romanesque.n.01] as in: a style of architecture developed in Italy and western Europe between the Roman and the Gothic styles after 1000 AD; characterized by round arches and vaults and by the substitution of piers for columns and profuse ornament and arcades

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					Romanesque (English)
├── -esque (English)
│   └── -esque (French)
│       └── -esco (Italian)
│           └── -iscus (Latin)
└── Roman (English)
    └── Romain (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
        └── Romanus (Latin)
            └── romanus (Latin)
                └── Roma (Latin)

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