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langue d'oc

[lahng dawk]
–noun
the Romance language of medieval southern France: developed into modern Provençal.

Origin:
1700–10; < F: language of oc, yes < L hōc (ille fēcit) this (he did); cf. Occitan
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langue d'oc   (dôk')   
n.  The Romance language formerly spoken in and around Provence and Roussillon, developing into Provençal.

[French, from Old French : langue, language; see language + de, of (from Latin ; see de-) + Old Provençal oc, yes; see Occitan.]
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