- Gaelic (adj.)
[Gaelic 词源字典]
- 1774, "of or pertaining to the Gaels" (meaning originally in English the Scottish Highlanders); 1775 as a noun, "language of the Celts of the Scottish Highlands;" earlier Gathelik (1590s), from Gael (Scottish Gaidheal; see Gael) + -ic.[Gaelic etymology, Gaelic origin, 英语词源]