Venetic

English

Etymology

From Latin veneticus, from Venetia (“land of the Veneti; Venice, Veneto”) + -icus (“-ic: forming adjectives”), from Venetī + -ia, of uncertain origin. Equivalent to Veneti +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vəˈnɛtɪk/
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Adjective

Venetic (not comparable)

  1. (historical) Of or related to the Veneti, an ancient people of northeastern Italy.
  2. (historical) Of or related to the Veneti, an ancient people of northern Brittany.
  3. (historical, linguistics) Of or related to Venetic, the language of the Adriatic Veneti.
  4. Of or related to the Veneto, the mainland opposite Venice.

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Venetic

  1. (historical linguistics) An extinct Indo-European language once spoken by the Veneti people who lived between the Po River delta in northeastern Italy and the southern Alps in Slovenia in antiquity.

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