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Indoeuropean

Indoeuropean is the alternative form of Indo-European.

Meaning of Indo-European

Adjective

Indo-European (comparative more Indo-European, superlative most Indo-European)

  1. Of or relating to the family of languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia.
    • Of the great Indo-European family of languages the general principal was also that of one name for each individual[…]1945, E[lizabeth] G[idley] Withycombe, “Introduction”, in The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page xi
  2. Of or relating to the hypothetical parent language of the Indo-European language family.
  3. Of or relating to the hypothetical group of peoples that spread early Indo-European languages.
    • As there is no evidence for Indo-European apiculture, we have to reckon with foreign origin for κηρός […].2010, Robert S. P. Beekes, “κηρός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston...
  4. (broadly, uncommon) Of or relating to persons of mixed European and Indian or Indonesian ancestry.

See all 10 meanings of Indo-European

Questions about Indoeuropean

What is Indoeuropean the alternative form of?
Indoeuropean is the alternative form of Indo-European.

Words near Indoeuropean in the dictionary

  1. indoctrinizing
  2. indocyanine
  3. indocyanines
  4. indodicarbocyanine
  5. indodicarbocyanines
  6. Indoeuropean
  7. Indoeuropeanist
  8. Indoeuropeanists
  9. indog
  10. indogen
  11. indogenide

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