When the Romans invaded Spain, the country was known as Iberia and the people spoke Ibero. The Romans, being Romans, enforced their language onto the people so the people of Iberia began to speak Latin in addition to their native languages.
Through time, the language evolved and became known as Romanice ("ro-MA-ni-kay") and eventually romance. The people were really fond of love stories. Any book lying that wasn't written in classical Latin had a very high probability of being a love story. As with any language, slang takes hold and changes meanings. At first, they would have asked, "Is that a love story?" it eventually became, "Is that a romance?"
Thursday, August 27, 2009
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