Rhaeto-Romance Definition

rētō-rō-măns

noun

The group of closely related Romance dialects, including Romansch and Ladin, spoken in SE Switzerland, the Tirol, and N Italy.

Webster's New World

Synonyms:

Synonyms:
Rhaeto-Romanic

pronoun

(linguistics) A group of related Romance languages spoken in north and north-eastern Italy and southeastern Switzerland, or any of these languages individually. [from 19th c.]

Wiktionary

adjective

Of Rhaeto-Romance.

Webster's New World

Origin of Rhaeto-Romance

From Latin Rhaetus + -o- + Romance, after German Rhäto-Romanisch.

From Wiktionary
Latin Rhaetus , of Rhaetia, a Roman province Romance

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition