I. combining form
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Medieval Latin Germanus German, from Latin, any member of the Germanic peoples inhabiting western Europe in Roman times
: German
Germano phile
: German and
Germano -Russian
II. combining form
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from New Latin germanium
: germanium — especially in names of compounds containing germanium in place of carbon
germano chloroform GeHCl 3