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Æneolithic

Æneolithic is the alternative form of Eneolithic.

Meaning of Eneolithic

Adjective

Eneolithic (comparative more Eneolithic, superlative most Eneolithic)

  1. Describing the Copper Age, which occurred between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age.
    • Perhaps linguists have provided a step towards the right solution in presenting evidence from Indo-European kinship terminology that the Indo-Europeans were very much into exogamy, including taking the Eneolithic equivalent of mail-order brides from afar.2025 April 24, J. P. Mallory, “15: The Steppe Model”, in The Indo-Europeans Rediscovered: How a Scientific Revolution is Rewriting Their Story, Thames & Hudson, →ISBN

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Questions about Æneolithic

What is Æneolithic the alternative form of?
Æneolithic is the alternative form of Eneolithic.

Words near Æneolithic in the dictionary

  1. æmulations
  2. æmulous
  3. Æneas
  4. Æneid
  5. Æneids
  6. Æneolithic
  7. æneous
  8. ænigma
  9. ænigmas
  10. ænigmata
  11. ænigmatic

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