Indo-European
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, German, Latin, Greek, Russian, Albanian, Lithuanian, Armenian, Persian, Hindi, and Hittite are all Indo-European languages. Abbreviation: IE: Compare family (def. 16).
a member of any of the peoples speaking an Indo-European language.
of or belonging to Indo-European.
speaking an Indo-European language: an Indo-European people.
Origin of Indo-European
1Other words from Indo-European
- non-In·do-Eu·ro·pe·an, adjective, noun
Words Nearby Indo-European
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How to use Indo-European in a sentence
And the Latin mātrīx for “womb” comes from the same Indo-European root that gives us the English “mother.”
The Artificial Womb Will Change Feminism Forever | Samantha Allen | August 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWe would not expect that the Indo-European movement would form an exception to this rule.
The New Stone Age in Northern Europe | John M. TylerOne marked feature of Indo-European culture was the use of the horse, which held the highest rank among their domestic animals.
The New Stone Age in Northern Europe | John M. TylerHe sees in this the first stage of the Indo-European movement which was to sweep eastward as far as India.
The New Stone Age in Northern Europe | John M. TylerIf they played so large a part in Indo-European culture, it is strange that they have left so few remains.
The New Stone Age in Northern Europe | John M. Tyler
Feile, &c.; the ultimate source is usually taken to be an Indo-European root meaning to mark or scratch, and seen in the Lat.
British Dictionary definitions for Indo-European
denoting, belonging to, or relating to a family of languages that includes English and many other culturally and politically important languages of the world: a characteristic feature, esp of the older languages such as Latin, Greek, and Sanskrit, is inflection showing gender, number, and case
denoting or relating to the hypothetical parent language of this family, primitive Indo-European
denoting, belonging to, or relating to any of the peoples speaking these languages
the Indo-European family of languages
Also called: primitive Indo-European, Proto-Indo-European the reconstructed hypothetical parent language of this family
a member of the prehistoric people who spoke this language
a descendant of this people or a native speaker of an Indo-European language
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