Meaning

1 senses

  1. A prehistoric chisel-bladed tool.

More definitions
  • a member of a European people who once occupied Britain and Spain and Gaul prior to Roman times

Origin

From Latin celtis (“chisel”), very probably a ghost word originating from a copyist's erro

From Latin celtis (“chisel”), very probably a ghost word originating from a copyist's error in the Vulgate Bible, but taken as genuine and subsequently used in Medieval Latin.

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Forms

plural: celts
Singularcelt
Pluralcelts

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a member of a European people who once occupied Britain and Spain and Gaul prior to Roman times:Kelt

See also

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