Romansch

Meaning

Noun

• A Rhaeto-Romance language (or dialect continuum) spoken in the Graubünden/Grisons canton of Switzerland; it is one of the four official languages of Switzerland.

Origin

• Borrowed from Romansch romansch, romontsch, rumantsch et al., from Medieval Latin rōmānicē, from Vulgar Latin rōmānicē, from Latin rōmānicus. Perhaps influenced by the Germanic suffix seen in English as "-ish". romance.