According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word "romanesque" means "from Rome". It was originally used in English to name what is now called "Romanesque" (first quoted in 17 15), while in architecture, it was first used in1early 9th century. It was used by the French archaeologist Charles de Gervais in Normandy or his colleague Arcisse de Comte to describe the architecture in the 5th-13rd century in Western Europe. At this time, many buildings that meet this description have not yet been clearly dated. Prior to this, most French religious buildings in the Western Middle Ages were classified by the word "Goth", and at most a few scholars divided them into three stages: Morovia style, Caroline style and Gothic style, or early Gothic and late Gothic, or heavy Gothic and light Gothic. In a letter to a friend in 18 18, Charles de Gervais suggested that the French word "roman" used by linguists in 18 century to refer to the language family evolved from Latin summed up the western religions in1-12 century. In Britain, the architectural style summarized by the word "Romanesque" first appeared in1819; German scholars initially hesitated between teutsch, longobardisch and romantische, but in the 1930s of 19, they preferred Romantische.

The use of this term is now more limited to1late 20th century to12nd century. This word is used to describe a style that can be recognized as the Middle Ages and indicates the Gothic style. It still maintains the circular arch of ancient Rome, which looks like a continuation of traditional Roman architecture.

"Pre-Romanesque architecture" was sometimes used in German architecture during Caroline and Otto dynasties, and in Visigoth, Mosala and asturias in Iberian Peninsula in the 8th-/kloc-0th century. At the same time, the "First Romanesque Architecture" was used in the architecture of northern Italy, Spain and some French countries, which not only had the characteristics of Romanesque architecture, but also was influenced by Clooney Monastery.