ethnic

/ˈɛθ.nɪk/

Etymology

From Middle English ethnik, from Latin ethnicus ("pagan", "heathen"), from Ancient Greek ἐθνικός (ethnikós, “of or for a nation, heathen”), from ἔθνος (éthnos, “a company", later "a people or nation, heathens”). By surface analysis, ethno- + -ic.

ethnic means of or relating to a group of people having common racial, ancestral, national, religious or cultural origins. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 66 out of 100.

adj

Of or relating to a group of people having common racial, ancestral, national, religious or cultural origins.“The violence began when Serbian troops went into Croatia ostensibly to aid armed ethnic Serbians trying to create their own autonomous states there.”
Characteristic of a foreign or a minority group's culture.“I like to eat ethnic food”
Representative of a folk or traditional mode of expression.“Indeed, such ethnic music festivals were probably common throughout the country”
Heathen, not Jewish, Christian, or Muslim.

noun

An ethnic person, especially a foreigner or member of an immigrant community.
A heathen, a pagan.“..for the learned know that even in St. Jerome's time, the consul of Rome and his wife were both Ethnics, and about the same time the greatest part of the senate also...”
The demonym of an Ancient Greek city.“Coinage with the ethnic ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΠΡΟΣ ΕΥΦΡΑΤΗΝ survives from the mid-second century A.D.”