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Germanus.

Relating to the native peoples or tribes of ancient Germania

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Meaning & usage

adj[ɡɛrˈmaː.nʊs]Classical-Latin[d͡ʒerˈmaː.nus]

  1. Relating to the native peoples or tribes of ancient Germania

    adjective · declension-1 · declension-2

  2. Germanic

    adjective · declension-1 · declension-2
Where this word comes from

First used by Caesar and Tacitus to describe tribes as distinct from the Gauls and originally from the east of the Rhine. Of uncertain origin; several conjectures now deemed improbable have been put forward, such as: * being from a Celtic/Gaulish word meaning "neighbor", from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“short”) (whence Irish gair (“neighbor”, literally “nearby”)), * or being from a Celtic/Gaulish word meaning "noisy", from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂r- (“to shout”) (whence Proto-Celtic *garman, Latin garriō); compare also Proto-Celtic *garsman which also gave Latin Garmanus; * or being related to Old High German gēr (“spear”). It may have originally been the name of a particular tribe. Note: it is not to be confused with the word germānus (“of brothers or sisters”), which derives from germen (“sprout, bud”) and is thought to be unrelated. More at Germani.

noun[ɡɛrˈmaː.nʊs]Classical-Latin[d͡ʒerˈmaː.nus]

  1. a Germanic person (male); member of a Germanic tribe

    declension-2
Where this word comes from

First used by Caesar and Tacitus to describe tribes as distinct from the Gauls and originally from the east of the Rhine. Of uncertain origin; several conjectures now deemed improbable have been put forward, such as: * being from a Celtic/Gaulish word meaning "neighbor", from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“short”) (whence Irish gair (“neighbor”, literally “nearby”)), * or being from a Celtic/Gaulish word meaning "noisy", from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂r- (“to shout”) (whence Proto-Celtic *garman, Latin garriō); compare also Proto-Celtic *garsman which also gave Latin Garmanus; * or being related to Old High German gēr (“spear”). It may have originally been the name of a particular tribe. Note: it is not to be confused with the word germānus (“of brothers or sisters”), which derives from germen (“sprout, bud”) and is thought to be unrelated. More at Germani.

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