romero

See also: Romero

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish romerobor.

English romero

Borrowed from Spanish romero.

Noun

romero (plural romeros)

1. pilot fish

Anagrams

• Moorer, moorer, remoor, roomer

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /roˈmeɾo/ [roˈme.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: ro‧me‧ro

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin Rōmaeus, from Byzantine Greek ῥωμαῖος (rhōmaîos, literally “Roman”), a sobriquet given to Roman Catholic pilgrims to the Holy Land.

Adjective

romero (feminine romera, masculine plural romeros, feminine plural romeras)

1. said of a type of pilgrim heading to Rome, or having a certain type of cloak or stick

Noun

romero m (plural romeros, feminine romera, feminine plural romeras)

1. pilgrim travelling to Rome

Related terms

• romería

Etymology 2

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *rōmārius, alteration of rōs maris, equivalent of Latin rōsmarīnus. Compare Catalan romer, French romarin and English rosemary.

Noun

romero m (plural romeros)

1. rosemary (Salvia rosmarinus, syn. Rosmarinus officinalis)
2. poor cod (Trisopterus minutus)
3. Cistus clusii

Descendants

• → Tagalog: romero

Further reading

• “romero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• dumero

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish romero (“rosemary”), from Vulgar Latin *rōmārius, alteration of rōs maris.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ɾoˈmeɾo/ [ɾoˈmɛː.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: ro‧me‧ro

Noun

romero (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜋᜒᜇᜓ)

1. rosemary

Derived terms

• dinumero

Further reading

• “romero”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018