"Romanistics" meaning in English

See Romanistics in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From Roman + -istics. Also by surface analysis, Roman + -ist + -ics. Etymology templates: {{af|en|Roman|-istics}} Roman + -istics, {{surf|en|Roman|-ist|-ics|nocap=1}} by surface analysis, Roman + -ist + -ics Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} Romanistics (uncountable)
  1. (law) The study of Roman law. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-Romanistics-en-noun-Hk~SP1FP Categories (other): Law, Humanities Disambiguation of Humanities: 52 48 Topics: law
  2. (linguistics) The study of Romance languages. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-Romanistics-en-noun-APGg2UEY Categories (other): Linguistics, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ics, English terms suffixed with -ist, English terms suffixed with -istics, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Humanities Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 84 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ics: 16 84 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ist: 15 85 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -istics: 15 85 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 91 Disambiguation of Humanities: 52 48 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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