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Romance languages have their roots in Latin - and in Greek before that. Both Latin and Greek root words derive originally from Sanskrit - originating in the Indus Valley civilization. Thus, we now speak in terms of an Indo-European set of languages.

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Q: How did europeans come to posit the existence of an indo-european set of tongues?
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