Celtic
adjUK, US /ˈkɛltɪk/
Etymology Borrowed from French celtique or Latin celticus, equivalent to Celt + -ic. First attested in the 17th century.
1
Of or relating to the Celts.
2
Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences Of the languages spoken by Celts.
- Sanskrit, Greek, Slavonic, Germanic, and Celtic names were all of this type, but there are also shorter names formed from the compound ones; […].1945, E[lizabeth] G[idley] Withycombe, “Introduction”, in The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page xii:
- Derived terms
- Anglo-Celtic, Celtic curse, Celtic knot, Celticness, Celtic punk, Celtic rock, Celtic Sea
- Related terms
- Celt