Italic.
Of or relating to the Italian peninsula.
Meaning & usage
Of or relating to the Italian peninsula.
Pertaining to a subfamily of the Centum branch of the Indo-European language family, that includes Latin and other languages (as Oscan, Umbrian) spoken by the peoples of ancient Italy
Pertaining to a subfamily of the Centum branch of the Indo-European language family, that includes Latin and other languages (as Oscan, Umbrian) spoken by the peoples of ancient Italy Osco-Umbrian; an extinct branch of such language family, which excludes the Latino-Faliscan languages
The ancient Italic languages that are now extinct include Oscan, Umbrian, and South Picene.
Pertaining to various peoples that lived in Italy before the establishment of the Roman Empire, or to any of several alphabet systems used by those peoples.
There were several Italic alphabets, one being the Etruscan alphabet.
Where this word comes from
Via Latin ītalicus from Ancient Greek Ἰταλικός (Italikós), from Ἰταλία (Italía, “Italy”).
The Italic family taken as a whole.
The centum families include Celtic, Germanic, Greek, and Italic.
Where this word comes from
Via Latin ītalicus from Ancient Greek Ἰταλικός (Italikós), from Ἰταλία (Italía, “Italy”).
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