- Indo-European
- .Indo-'Europeanadjthe Indo-European group of languages includes English, French, Hindi, Russian, and most of the other languages of Europe and northern India
Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.
Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.
Indo-European — 1814, coined by physician, physicist and Egyptologist Thomas Young (1773 1829) and first used in an article in the Quarterly Review, from Indo , comb. form of Gk. Indos India + EUROPEAN (Cf. European). Common to India and Europe, specifically in… … Etymology dictionary
Indo-European — [in΄dō yoor΄ə pē′ən] adj. designating or of a family of languages that includes most of those spoken in Europe and many of those spoken in southwestern Asia and India n. 1. the Indo European family of languages: its principal branches are… … English World dictionary
Indo-European — In do Eu ro*pe an, a. 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 family. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Indo-European — ► NOUN 1) the family of languages spoken over the greater part of Europe and Asia as far as northern India. 3) a speaker of an Indo European language. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ relating to Indo European languages … English terms dictionary
Indo-European — In do Eu ro*pe an A member of one of the Caucasian races of Europe or India speaking an Indo European language. Professor Otto Schrader . . . considers that the oldest probable domicile of the Indo Europeans is to be sought for on the common… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Indo-European — /in doh yoor euh pee euhn/, n. 1. a large, widespread family of languages, the surviving branches of which include Italic, Slavic, Baltic, Hellenic, Celtic, Germanic, and Indo Iranian, spoken by about half the world s population: English, Spanish … Universalium
Indo-European — In•do Eu•ro•pe•an [[t]ˈɪn doʊˌyʊər əˈpi ən[/t]] n. 1) peo a family of languages spoken or formerly spoken in Europe and SW, central, and S Asia, and carried by colonization and conquest since c1500 to many other parts of the world: major branches … From formal English to slang
Indo-European — 1. noun a) 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. b) Proto Indo European … Wiktionary
Indo-European — noun 1》 the ancestral Proto Indo European language. 2》 the family of languages spoken over the greater part of Europe and Asia as far as northern India. 3》 a speaker of an Indo European language, especially Proto Indo European. adjective relating … English new terms dictionary
Indo-European — I. adjective Date: 1813 of, relating to, or constituting the Indo European languages II. noun Date: 1832 1. a. a member of the people speaking an unrecorded prehistoric language from which the Indo European languages are descended b. this… … New Collegiate Dictionary