Celtiberian
/ˌkɛltɪˈbɪəriən/noun
Relating to the ancient Celtiberian peoples and their culture in the central and northeastern Iberian Peninsula.
Did you know?Greek and Roman writers used Celtiberian for peoples of inland Iberia, but modern scholarship treats their identity as complex rather than simply “Celts who migrated to Spain.”
Etymological Timeline
5th–4th Century BCE
Ancient Greek
Keltíberes (Κελτίβηρες)
“Celtiberians; a name combining the Greeks’ term for Celts with the regional name Iberia”
1st Century BCE
Latin
Celtiberi
“Celtiberians, an ancient people of inland Hispania”
1st Century BCE
Latin
Celtiberia
“The territory or country of the Celtiberians”
Late Latin
Latin
Celtiberianus
“Of or relating to the Celtiberians”
16th–17th Century
English
Celtiberian
“Relating to the ancient Celtiberians or their language and culture”
Modern English
English
Celtiberian
“Connected with the ancient Celtiberian peoples, language, archaeology, or culture”