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Messapic

[ muh-sey-pik, -sap-ik ]

noun

  1. an Indo-European language that was spoken in what is now SE Italy and written with an alphabet derived from that of Greek.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Messapic1

1765–75; < Latin Mesāp ( ius ) pertaining to Messāpia the Calabrian peninsula + -ic

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