Meaning of Indo-Semitic | Babel Free
Definitions
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Of or relating to both the Indo-European and the Semitic languages, or to a proposed ancestor of both. not-comparable
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Of or relating to India and Semitic peoples; for example, of or relating to Semitic (or supposedly Semitic) peoples of India. not-comparable
Examples
“Such stretched out forms were to become important for the Indo-Semitic hypothesis, and in 1911 Möller writes […]”
“Western scholars consistent intent to exclude, without any evidence, the Ethiopic language as one of the possible original languages of the book [the Book of Enoch], perhaps, suggests that the Ethiopic language is not part of the Indo-Semitic languages.”
“He proceeds, after mentioning that the Indo-Semitic, or Tuda, have massive heads, large eyes, and receding foreheads: […]”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.