Relating to Germany, Germans, or their language and culture. Pertaining to the family of languages including German, English, Dutch, and Scandinavian languages.
From Latin 'Germanicus', from 'Germani' (the Germanic tribes). Possibly from Gaulish word meaning 'neighbor' or from Germanic 'gar' (spear) + 'man'. Romans used this to describe various tribes east of the Rhine.
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