Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

indo-semitic

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.21 in modern English

Syllables: in-do-semitic
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to both the Indo-European and the Semitic languages, or to a proposed ancestor of both.

adj

Of or relating to India and Semitic peoples; for example, of or relating to Semitic (or supposedly Semitic) peoples of India.

Example Sentences

"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: […]"

Etymology

From Indo- + Semitic.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: Indo

Questions

What does indo-semitic mean?: Of or relating to both the Indo-European and the Semitic languages, or to a proposed ancestor of both.
Where does indo-semitic come from?: From Indo- + Semitic.

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