Editing Languedoc-Roussillon (section)

==Toponymy==
The first part of the name of the province of Languedoc-Roussillon comes from the French {{lang|fr|langue d'oc}} ("language of {{lang|oc|oc}}"), and is also a [[Languedoc|historical region]]. In southern France, the word for ''yes'' was the [[Occitan language]] word {{lang|oc|oc}}.  Prior to the 16th century, the central area of France was referred to as {{lang|fro|Languedoil}}, there the word for ''yes'' was {{lang|fro|oil}} in [[Old French]], later becoming {{lang|fr|oui}}.  These old place names referred to the areas where Occitan and Old French were spoken.<ref>Encyclopaedia Britannica - French language https://www.britannica.com/topic/French-language</ref> The [[Edict of Villers-Cotterets]] made French the official national language in 1539. [[Roussillon]] was the name of the medieval [[County of Roussillon]].