 indo-european |
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| 1. | [ noun ] (anthropology,sociology) a member of the prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo European | |
| Synonyms: | Aryan | |
| Related terms: | primitive | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] of or relating to the former Indo-European people | |
| Synonyms: | Aryan Indo-Aryan | |
| Examples: | "Indo-European migrations" |
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| Related terms: | Aryan Aryan Aryan | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] of or relating to the Indo-European language family | |
| Synonyms: | Indo-Germanic | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (linguistics) the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia | |
| Synonyms: | Indo-Hittite Indo-European_language | |
| Related terms: | natural_language Greek Germanic Illyrian Armenian Thraco-Phrygian Balto-Slavic Celtic Italic Tocharian Indo-Iranian Anatolian Albanian Proto-Indo_European | |
| Similar spelling: |
Indo-Aryan Indo-Iranian |
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