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submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Fittingly, the term romance originally meant “to derive from a romantic language”, meaning mostly Latin which was spoken in the Roman Empire.

The texts in reference were largely about chivalry and such. Hence the modern connotations.

So like, romance refers to a time before the world was fully known. :)

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago

Wow, I never clicked that the Romantic languages meant 'Roman'! Thanks!