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Proto-Romance
Pro·to-Ro·mance


noun 
Definition:
 
language from which Romance languages developed: the language that developed from Vulgar Latin and gave rise to the Romance languages. Some Proto-Romance forms are hypothetical and reconstructed; for others there is written evidence.

Pro·to-Ro·mance adjective
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