Isthmus

ist'mus, n. a neck of land connecting two larger portions of land. [L Gr. isthmos a pa age, an isthmus, allied to ithtna, a step, from root of eimi, to go.] It, bran, the thing spoken of or referred to. [M. E. and A.S. hit, neut. of he Ice. hit, Dut. het, Goth, ita akm to L. id, Sans. pronominal root = here. The t is an old neuter suffix, as in lha-t,?u/ia-t, and cognate with d iu L. illu-d, istu-d quo-d Italian, i-tal'yan, Italic, i-tal'ik, adj of or relating to Italy or its people -n. a native of Italy the language of Italy, fit Jtaluxno Italuo— L. Italia— Gr. italos, a bull, L vttnliis, a calf