Italo-Romance

noun

Ita·​lo-Ro·​mance i-ˌta-lō-rō-ˈman(t)s 

-rə-ˈman(t)s,

-ˈrō-ˌman(t)s,

 also  ˈi-tə-lō-

: the varieties of Romance speech that developed from the Latin spoken within the area of present-day Italy

Word History

Etymology

Latin Italus "of the Italian peninsula, Italian" + -o- + Romance entry 1

First Known Use

1952, in the meaning defined above