2007-09-03 17:14:42 · 14 answers · asked by ☼mexican chica☼ 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
spanish is derived from latin which originated from rome, therfore romance
2007-09-03 17:20:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Romance refers essentially to Roman derivation and romance languages were largely derived from Latin, which was Rome's language. Romance languages include Spanish, Italian, French, Portuguese, Catalan, Romanian and some scholars add a couple of others as well.
2007-09-04 00:38:31 · answer #2 · answered by BAL 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Romance languages (sometimes referred to as Romanic languages) are a branch of the Indo-European language family, comprising all the languages that descend from Latin, the language of the Roman Empire. They have more than 700 million native speakers worldwide, mainly in the Americas, Europe, and Africa, as well as in many smaller regions scattered through the world.
2007-09-04 00:20:26 · answer #3 · answered by flibbits 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From Wikipedia...
The Romance languages (sometimes referred to as Romanic languages) are a branch of the Indo-European language family, comprising all the languages that descend from Latin, the language of the Roman Empire
2007-09-04 00:20:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spanish, like all Romance languages, is derived from Latin.
2007-09-04 00:19:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Because it comes from the roman empire, which spoke Latin. Other romance languages are Italian, French, Portuguese, Romanian, and Romansh ( in Switzerland )
2007-09-04 16:04:50 · answer #6 · answered by physician 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Romance languages are languages whose ancestor is Latin. Spanish is mostly derived from Latin, even though it has quite a lot of Arabic and (especially in American varieties) American Indian words in it. Compare Latin and Spanish, and you can see what this means:
ego amo - yo amo
tu amas - tú amas
ille amat - él ama
mensa - mesa
dies - dÃa
mulier - mujer
panis - pan
and so on, and so on.
2007-09-04 03:45:13 · answer #7 · answered by corcagian 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because it originated from Latin, which was spoken in Rome.
It has nothing to do with love and courtship.
Other romance languages are Portuguese, Italian, French, Romansch (spoken in Switzerland), and Romanian.
Did I get them all?
2007-09-04 00:25:44 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is one of the languages derived from Latin. Latin is - or was - the language of all the Roman Empire at one time (now, Latin is ONLY spoken in the Vatican in Italy. So, all languages that are derived from Latin - as once spoken in the Roman Empire, are considered ROMANtic languages... or derivatives of the once Roman language.
They are also called Romanic languages.
2007-09-04 00:24:06 · answer #9 · answered by scruffycat 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i don't know exactly but i love my language ( my first language is Spanish)
todo es mas sabroso y romantico en espanol
well in Spanish you say everything with more flavor more spice
2007-09-04 00:24:34 · answer #10 · answered by denise m 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋