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eneolithic

eneolithic is the alternative form of Eneolithic.

Adjective capitalized: Eneolithic

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

Proper noun capitalized: Eneolithic

Eneolithic

  1. The age between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age.
    • The spread of PIE has therefore been linked to a Late Eneolithic and Early Bronze-Age expansion of nomadic horse-riders and stock-breeders, visible in the archaeology of the Steppe.2025 December 12, Tom Hercules Davies, “Horses, Wheels, Languages: Greek, Mesopotamian and Indic Epic on the Eurasian Steppe”, in The Classical Quarterly, volume 75, number 1, page 12

Synonyms of eneolithic

Forms of eneolithic

comparativemore Eneolithic
superlativemost Eneolithic
alternative formAeneolithic
alternative formaeneolithic
alternative formeneolithic
alternative formÆneolithic

Origin of eneolithic

Borrowed from Italian eneolitico, from Latin aeneus (“copper, bronze”).

Questions about eneolithic

What does eneolithic mean?
Eneolithic means describing the Copper Age, which occurred between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age.
What is eneolithic the alternative form of?
Eneolithic is the alternative form of Eneolithic.
What part of speech is eneolithic?
Eneolithic can be an adjective or a proper noun.

Words near eneolithic in the dictionary

  1. enemylike
  2. enemyness
  3. enemyship
  4. enemyslash
  5. EnenKio
  6. eneolithic
  7. enepidermic
  8. energetic
  9. energetic disassemblies
  10. energetic disassembly
  11. energetic event

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