Romance Languages
Catalan cognom and Italian cognome, derived from the Latin word, mean "family name".
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Famous quotes containing the words romance and/or languages:
“The realism of failure, the romance of success.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“The less sophisticated of my forbears avoided foreigners at all costs, for the very good reason that, in their circles, speaking in tongues was commonly a prelude to snake handling. The more tolerant among us regarded foreign languages as a kind of speech impediment that could be overcome by willpower.”
—Barbara Ehrenreich (b. 1941)