- proto-romance
- pro·to-romance
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proto-romance
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proto-romance — I. |prōd.(ˌ)ō+ noun Usage: capitalized P&R : the partly recorded and partly assumed ancestral language of the Romance languages : vulgar latin II. adjective Usage: usually capitalized P&R : of or relating to Proto Romance … Useful english dictionary
Proto-Romance — noun Form of Vulgar Latin immediately preceding diffusion into separate old forms of Romance (eg. Old French, Old Spanish, Old Italian, etc.). Also referred to as Common Romance. Syn: Common Romance, Vulgar Latin … Wiktionary
Romance languages — Romance Geographic distribution: Originally Southern Europe and parts of Africa; now also Latin America, Canada, parts of Lebanon and much of Western Africa Linguistic classification: Indo European Italic … Wikipedia
Proto-Germanic language — Proto Germanic Spoken in Northern Europe Extinct evolved into Proto Norse, Gothic, Frankish and Ingvaeonic by the 4th century Language family Indo European … Wikipedia
Romance copula — The copula or copulae (the verb or verbs meaning to be ) in all Romance languages largely derive from the Latin verbs esse to be (ultimately from Proto Indo European *h1es , as in English is); stāre to stand (ultimately from Proto Indo European… … Wikipedia
Romance languages — romance1 (def. 8). [1770 80] * * * Group of related languages derived from Latin, with nearly 920 million native speakers. The major Romance languages French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and Romanian are national languages. French is probably… … Universalium
Proto-Romanian language — Proto Romanian (also known as Common Romanian , româna comună or Ancient Romanian , străromâna) is a Romance language evolved from Vulgar Latin and considered to have been spoken by the ancestors of today s Romanians and related Balkan Latin… … Wikipedia
Proto-Slavic — is the proto language from which Slavic languages later emerged. It was spoken before the seventh century AD. As with most other proto languages, no attested writings have been found; the language has been reconstructed by applying the… … Wikipedia
Proto-Slavic language — Proto Slavic is the proto language from which Slavic languages later emerged. It was spoken before the seventh century. As with all other proto languages, no attested writings have been found; the language has been reconstructed by applying the… … Wikipedia
Proto-Pontic language — Proto Pontic is the postulated proto language for a Pontic language family or macrofamily. Each of these terms may refer to a number of different linguistic entities.Northwest CaucasianIn its narrowest sense, Pontic is a synonym for the well… … Wikipedia
