Romance languages

plural noun

First recorded in 1770–80

She has taught literature, cinema, and Romance languages at Harvard University.

It is clear that this common element is inherited from Latin, out of which all the Romance languages are derived.

For the subsequent history of the language see Romance Languages.

Palaeography, history and Romance languages are among the other subjects to which especial importance is given.

Our romance languages are daughters of the Latin, our literatures are full of the ideas and of the literary methods of the Romans.

The first of them antedates by six or seven centuries the similar change in the Romance languages (see Romance Languages).

April 25, 2024firkin

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