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Guest Posted 22 years ago
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What is the meaning of "Romance" in "Romance Languages"?

Is it Roman (as in the Roman Empire) or "romance" as the common meaning "love affairs". I tend to believe it's "Roman" as this branch of Indo-European languages is derived from Latin, but I am not sure.
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I'm no scholar, but I think you're right about it referring to the fact that a language comes from Latin.

— Haoqide

  • I'm no scholar, but I think you're right about it referring to the fact that a language comes from Latin.
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I'm no scholar, but I think you're right about it referring to the fact that a language comes from Latin.
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You might wish to check this link from Wikipedia [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_languages"]Romance Languages[/url].

An aside...

Haoqide please review some of my answers to others. I am not sure of all my answers and would appreciate a second opinion.

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