How is “Romantic” Love Related to “Romance” Languages?

Jennifer, a seventh-grade English teacher in Kingsport, Tennessee, and her students have been studying the development of Romance languages, which got them wondering: When did the words romance and romantic come to be associated with stories about love? This is part of a complete episode.

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