Not really. That in itself depends a lot of the definition of RPG
Certainly, and Role Playing Game is where you play a Role, in a game and so naturally all games are Role Playing Games. /sarc
Yeah, sorry... I was there when they created the first pen and paper RPGs and of course the later cRPGs, I don't care for the whole "what it means to me" adaptions people have made to the term over the years and obviously, I am not going to beat this dead horse with you.