an ancient language of NE Italy, usually regarded as belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European family. It is recorded in about 200 inscriptions and was extinct by the 2nd century ad
Venetic in American English
(vəˈnɛtɪk)
noun
an extinct Italic language known through about 200 short inscriptions
Word origin
< L Veneticus, of the Veneti, after Veneti, a people living in Venetia