celt
Pronunciation: /sɛlt/
The English word “celt” has 1 meaning listed here.
noun
Etymology
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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