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by mason55 3404 days ago
> You might be interested to know that 'roman' is a False Friend

What is the source language?
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derefr 3404 days ago
I know it's in Japanese, and according to my EN-JP dictionary they got it from British English at some point. Maybe it's just archaic English rather than false English?
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sebiol 3404 days ago
German has that word.
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philippz 3403 days ago
I'm German.
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gukov 3404 days ago
Could be Russian.
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kennywinker 3404 days ago
french, maybe others
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greenyoda 3404 days ago
And English borrowed the term roman à clef from French:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_%C3%A0_clef

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