Helvetic
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin helveticus, from Helvetii (“the Helvetii”).
Adjective edit
Helvetic (comparative more Helvetic, superlative most Helvetic)
- Of or pertaining to the Helvetii, the ancient inhabitants of the Alps, now Switzerland, or to the modern states and inhabitant of the Alpine regions.
- the Helvetic confederacy
- Helvetic states
- Swiss
References edit
- “Helvetic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.