Where does “Britannic” come from?

Britannic comes from Latin britannicus, formed from an unattested Celtic root for Britain combined with the Latin adjectival suffix -icus, itself derived from Proto-Indo-European -kos.

Britannic (English): of or pertaining to Britain, Great Britain or the...

Definitions

  1. of or pertaining to Britain, Great Britain or the...

Ancestry of “Britannic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinbritannicusBritish
2LatinBritanniaBritain
3Ancient GreekΒρεττανίαthe British Isles
4Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
5Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
6Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “Britannic”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ →Every word from Ancient Greek Βρεττανία →