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Where does “Germanic” come from?

Germanic derives from Latin germanicus, formed from Latin -icus, a suffix ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -kos.

Germanic (English): Relating to the Germanic peoples; Relating to the...

Definitions

  1. Relating to the Germanic peoples; Relating to the...

Ancestry of “Germanic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
2EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
3Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
4Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
5Spanishimagenimage
6Italianimmagineimage; imago
7Latinimāginem—
8Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
9Latinīn-—
10Latinîn—
11Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
12Proto-Italicenin
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “Germanic”

  • Ur-Germanic
  • Proto-Germanic
  • Celto-Germanic
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