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Celt⋅ic

[kel-tik, sel-]
–noun
1. a branch of the Indo-European family of languages, including esp. Irish, Scots Gaelic, Welsh, and Breton, which survive now in Ireland, the Scottish Highlands, Wales, and Brittany. Abbreviation: Celt
–adjective
2. of the Celts or their languages.
Also, Keltic.


Origin:
1600–10; < L Celticus, equiv. to Celt(ae) the Celts (see Celt ) + -icus -ic


Celt⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
Celt·ic   (kěl'tĭk, sěl'-)   
n.  A subfamily of the Indo-European language family comprising the Insular and the Continental branches.
adj.  Of or relating to the Celtic people and languages.

Celtic

Celt"ic\, a. [L. Celticus, Gr. ?. See Celt.] Of or pertaining to the Celts; as, Celtic people, tribes, literature, tongue. [Written also Keltic.]

Celtic

Celt"ic\, n. The language of the Celts.

Note: The remains of the old Celtic language are found in the Gaelic, the Erse or Irish the Manx, and the Welsh and its cognate dialects Cornish and Bas Breton.
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