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Where does “Celtophobe” come from?

Celtophobe (English) comes from English Celto-, from English Celt, from Latin celtis, from Latin certe, from Latin -ē, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

Celtophobe (English): One who hates the Celtic peoples

Definitions

  1. One who hates the Celtic peoples

Ancestry of “Celtophobe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishCelto-Pertaining to the Celtic languages or the Celts
2EnglishCelt—
3Latinceltisa tree, considered to be the hackberry; chisel
4Latincertecertainly, surely; at any rate
5Latin-ē—
6Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
7Latincalceusshoe
8Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
9Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble
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