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Webster 1913 Edition
Indo-European
Inˊdo-Euˊro-pe′an
,Adj.
Aryan; – applied to the languages of India and Europe which are derived from the prehistoric Aryan language; also, pertaining to the people or nations who speak these languages;
as, the
. Indo-European
or Aryan familyThe common origin of the
Indo-European
nations. Tylor.
Definition 2024
Indo-European
Indo-European
See also: Indoeuropean
English
Alternative forms
- Indoeuropean
- IE, IE. (abbreviations)
Proper noun
Indo-European
- A major language family which includes many of the native languages of Europe, Western Asia and India, with notable Indic, Iranian and European sub-branches.
- Proto-Indo-European: the hypothetical parent language of the Indo-European language family.
Synonyms
- Indo-Germanic (now uncommon)
Derived terms
Related terms
See also
- Category:Terms derived from Indo-European languages
External links
- ISO 639-5 code ine
Noun
Indo-European (plural Indo-Europeans)
- A member of the original ethnolinguistic group hypothesized to have spoken Proto-Indo-European and thus to have been the ancestor for most of India and Western Eurasia.
Translations
member of Proto-Indo-European ethnolinguistic group
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Adjective
Indo-European (comparative more Indo-European, superlative most Indo-European)
- Of or relating to the languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia.
- Of or relating to the hypothetical parent language of the Indo-European language family. Also called Proto-Indo-European and abbreviated PIE.
- Of or relating to the hypothetical group of peoples that spread Indo-European languages.
Translations
of or relating to languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia
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of or relating to hypothetical parent language of Indo-European language family — See also translations at : Proto-Indo-European
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of or relating to hypothetical group of peoples having spread Indo-European languages
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