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Brit⋅ton⋅ic

  [bri-ton-ik]
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–adjective
Brythonic.
Origin:
< LL Brittōn(ēs) (see Briton ) + -ic

Bry⋅thon⋅ic

  [bri-thon-ik]
–adjective
1. of or belonging to P-Celtic.
–noun
2. P-Celtic, esp. that part either spoken in Britain, as Welsh and Cornish, or descended from the P-Celtic speech of Britain, as Breton.
Also, Britannic, Brittonic.

Origin:
1880–85; Brython + -ic
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Brit·ton·ic   (brĭ-tŏn'ĭk)   
n.  The subdivision of the Insular Celtic languages that includes Welsh, Breton, and Cornish.

[Ultimately from Latin Brittonēs, Britons; see Briton.]
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