Old Italian language (8)
I believe the answer is:
etruscan
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">old italian language</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for etruscan that I've seen before include "Early Roman" , "Pre-Roman Italian" , "Of an ancient people of central Italy" , "Centaurs (anag) - from an ancient Italian country" , "of an ancient civilization" .)