Brythonic

pronunciation

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  • Noun:
    a southern group of Celtic languages

Word Origin

Brythonic (adj.)
"of the Britons, Welsh," 1884, from Welsh Brython, cognate with Latin Britto (see Briton). Introduced by Welsh Celtic scholar Professor John Rhys (1840-1915) to avoid the confusion of using Briton/British with reference to ancient peoples, religions, and languages.

Example

1. His native language was brythonic , which was still somewhat similar to archaic irish , so patrick soon spoke irish as well .

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