Etymology

Brittonic

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Today it means: Brythonic; pertaining to the Celtic people inhabiting Britain before the Roman conquest, and to their language. Full definition →

First used 19th c.
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The story

From Briton + -ic, with -tt- after Latin Brittō.

First known use, by meaning

  • from 19th c. Brythonic; pertaining to the Celtic people inhabiting Britain before the Roman conquest, and to their language.
  • from 20th c. The group of Insular Celtic languages.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.