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| Ger·man·ic [ jər mánnik ] |
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1. European language group: a group of languages spoken across northwestern Europe that forms a branch of Indo-European. Native speakers: 500 million.
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2. ancestor of modern European language group: the reconstructed language that is the ancestor of modern languages classified as Germanic
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adjective |
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1. of Germanic: relating to the group of languages classified as Germanic
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2. of Germany: relating to Germany, or its language, people, or culture
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| [Mid-17th century. < Latin Germanicus< Germanus (see German)] |
