Why are French Italian Portuguese Spanish and Romanian sometimes refer to as romance languages A they are languages that speak of heroism and love B they are languages that originate in ancient Greek C they are languages that originate in ancient Latin D they are languages that sound musical when spoken

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The correct answer is C: they are languages that originate in ancient Latin. The Romance languages, which include French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Romanian, evolved from Vulgar Latin, the colloquial form of Latin spoken by the common people in the Roman Empire.