[ rə(ʊ)'mans , 'rəʊmans ]
■ noun the group of Indo-European languages descended from Latin, principally French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Catalan, Occitan, and Romanian.
■ adjective relating to or denoting this group of languages.
Origin
ME (orig. denoting the vernacular lang. of France as opposed to Latin): from OFr. romanz , based on L. Romanicus 'Roman'.