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- German · derived fromRhätoromanisch
- Latin · derived fromRhaetus
- English todayRhaeto-Romance
From Latin Rhaetus + -o- + Romance, after German Rhätoromanisch.
First known use, by meaning
- from 19th c. A group of related Romance languages spoken in north and north-eastern Italy and southeastern Switzerland, or any of these languages individually.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.