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2007-09-25 13:06:58 · 7 answers · asked by playmaker 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
because the Latin, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Romanian are romantic?
2007-09-25 13:14:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋
The link below gives an excellent explanation, if a little complicated. They are all languages that descend from the Latin of ancient Rome, which explains why they are called 'Romantic'. The word Romance means 'of Rome'.
2007-09-29 01:08:13 · answer #2 · answered by Elizabeth G 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The clue on your answer is interior the 1st 5 letters of the information "romance." those languages all are in keeping with Latin, the language of the ROMANs. later on, it became a known thought that those languages sound gentler than the languages derived from northern Europe, so the words "romantic" and "romance" took on a various meaning.
2016-10-05 08:56:26 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all are based within the latin language. what, no italian? latin, which stemmed from the italics, earliest form of latin/roman culture, went dormant as a speaking language but greatly influenced the formation of others. i'm not too positive , however, about french as the language arrived and evolved from the earliest gallic form of 'tongue' as is also true of anglo (english) and saxon (german). why are some languages called 'romance' languages, you ask? the root language is latin, latin from rome, hence ROMANace , see? cool!
2007-09-25 13:23:31 · answer #4 · answered by blackjack432001 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all originated from Latin, the language of the Roman Empire (Rome is the root word of Romance).
Other Romance languages are Catalan (the Barcelona area of Spain), Italian and Romansch (an obscure language spoken in a few valleys of Switzerland).
2007-09-25 13:14:31 · answer #5 · answered by kent_shakespear 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
they came from the Roman or Latin language.
2007-09-25 13:09:36 · answer #6 · answered by James O 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Who really knows. They just sound so romantic when you talk in the languages. They probably all originated from the same place though.
2007-09-25 13:10:57 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋