Romance languages

plural noun

Origin of Romance languages

First recorded in 1770–80

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She has taught literature, cinema, and Romance languages at Harvard University.
Reading Nabokov to Nabokov | Lila Azam Zanganeh | February 29, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
It is clear that this common element is inherited from Latin, out of which all the Romance languages are derived.
The Common People of Ancient Rome | Frank Frost Abbott
For the subsequent history of the language see Romance languages.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 3 | Various
Palaeography, history and Romance languages are among the other subjects to which especial importance is given.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 | Various
Our Romance languages are daughters of the Latin, our literatures are full of the ideas and of the literary methods of the Romans.
History Of Ancient Civilization | Charles Seignobos

The first of them antedates by six or seven centuries the similar change in the Romance languages (see Romance languages).
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 3 | Various

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