Rhaetian

Meanings

Noun

• A native or inhabitant of Rhaetia in central and eastern Switzerland.

Adjective

• Pertaining to the culture or geography of Raetia.

Proper Noun

• An extinct non-Romance language spoken in the ancient region of Raetia in the eastern Alps in pre-Roman and Roman times.
• Rhaeto-Romance, a continuum of modern Romance languages spoken in much the same region.

Origin

• From Rhaetia + -an.