germano- 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 < Germanophile > : 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 < germanochloroform GeHCl3 >