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Rhaetian

Today it means: A native or inhabitant of Rhaetia in central and eastern Switzerland. Full definition →

First used 16th c.

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From Rhaetia + -an.

First known use, by meaning

from 16th c. A native or inhabitant of Rhaetia in central and eastern Switzerland.
from 16th c. Pertaining to the culture or geography of Raetia.
from 19th c. An extinct non-Romance language spoken in the ancient region of Raetia in the eastern Alps in pre-Roman and Roman times.
from 18th c. Rhaeto-Romance, a continuum of modern Romance languages spoken in much the same region.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.