Latin "the Romance languages" is the root of the old French word "Romantic," which indicated a vernacular dialect. The phrase gradually encompassed more than a language. In addition to being a charming tale and courtly romance, it suggests the quality and topics of "the Romance languages," notably stories and romances. However, it came to mean many more things over time. By the seventeenth century, everything fantastical, extravagant, whimsical, unusual, exaggerated, fanciful, or imaginative was deemed "romantic" in English, a translation of the French phrase. They also used "roman-tic" negatively. In the 18th century, it was used more and had positive connotations, especially when expressing the terrain's beauty. This shows the complexity and diversity of European Romanticism, as "romantic" embraces all these and more meanings and implications. To explain Romantic poetry (1780–1830).