Cymro-
Cymro- prefix: welsh.
Prefix
Cymro-
- Welsh.
- The root of the Cornish language was the same as that of the Welsh language, but largely amalgamated with the Saxon; […] Every vestige of this old Cymro-Saxon jargon has however past away, except it be indeed the use of a few pronouns decidedly Saxon.1838 March, Sylvanus Urban (pseudonym), review of The Parochial History of Cornwall, in The Gentleman’s Magazine, volume IX, page 274
- They moved to Rhydlewis, just to the west of Llandysul, where he spent what appears to have been a poor (his mother was expelled from chapel for not paying her dues) and unhappy childhood, falling foul of the Cymrophobic education system of the time.2004, Jim Perrin, Travels with the Flea... and Other Eccentric Journeys, →ISBN
- Synonyms:
- Cambro-
- Celtic.
- From B.C. 390, to B.C. 900, is the fall and rise of the Etrurian or Tyrrhenian empire, of the establishment of the Cymro-Gallic empire in Northern Italy, and of the Etrurian domination in Rome1862, Britannicus (pseudonym), “Vindication of the mosaic ethnology of Europe”, in The Cambrian Journal, page 149
- And as for the physical type or types, the light complexion is very unlike that of the earlier British or Iberian race, though we cannot say that the ruling Cymro-Gaelic stocks were not fair.1907, John Beddoe, Joseph Hamberly Rowe, “The Ethnology of West Yorkshire”, in The Yorkshire Archæological Journal, volume 19, page 32
Synonyms of Cymro-
Origin of Cymro-
From Welsh Cymro or Cymru.
Questions about Cymro-
- What does Cymro- mean?
- Cymro- means welsh.
- What part of speech is Cymro-?
- Cymro- is a prefix.
Words near Cymro- in the dictionary
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