Proto-Romance

1 of 2

noun

Pro·​to-Romance

¦prōt(ˌ)ō+

: the partly recorded and partly assumed ancestral language of the Romance languages : vulgar latin

Proto-Romance

2 of 2

adjective

"

: of or relating to Proto-Romance

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