In a way Marconi was of Latin descent (7)

I believe the answer is:

romanic

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'was of latin descent' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'in a way marconi' is the wordplay.
'in a way' is an anagram indicator.
'marconi' is an anagram of 'ROMANIC'.

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(Other definitions for romanic that I've seen before include "Italian etc." , "type of language" , "Like Spanish" , "Ancient European" , "Like Latin" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.

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