Gallo-Romance

American

[gal-oh-roh-mans] / ˌgæl oʊ roʊˈmæns /

noun

the vernacular language, a development from Latin, spoken in France from about a.d. 600 to 900. Gallo-Rom.

Gallo-Romance British

noun

the vernacular language or group of dialects, of which few records survive, spoken in France between about 600 _ad and 900 _ad ; the intermediate stage between Vulgar Latin and Old French

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adjective

denoting or relating to this language or the period during which it was spoken

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Etymology

Origin of Gallo-Romance

First recorded in 1890–95; Gallo- ( def. ) + romance ¹ ( def. 9 )

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