Etymograph

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Romanche

Romanche comes from French romanche ‘the Romansch language’, and goes back to Latin Rōma.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CERōma
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CERōmānus‘Roman’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErōmānicus‘Roman’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEromanice‘in the Roman manner’
  5. Romanshmodernrumantsch
  6. Frenchc. 1600–presentromanche‘the Romansch language’
  7. EnglishtodayRomanche

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CERōma
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CERōmānus‘Roman’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErōmānicus‘Roman’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEromanice‘in the Roman manner’
  5. Romanshmodernrumantsch
  6. Frenchc. 1600–presentromanche‘the Romansch language’
  7. EnglishtodayRomanche

Linked words

through Latin Rōmānus ‘Roman’

romaine, 7 more

through Latin romanice ‘in the Roman manner’

unromantic, 6 more

Today it means

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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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