allophylian

[ al-uh-fil-ee-uhn, -fil-yuhn ]

adjective

, Archaic.

1. (of languages, especially those of Europe and Asia) neither Indo-European nor Semitic.

noun

1. Turanian ( defs 3, 4 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of allophylian¹

1835–45; < Late Latin allophyl ( us ) (< Greek allóphȳlos, equivalent to allo- allo- + phȳl ( ḗ ) tribe + -os adj. suffix) + -ian; phȳlḗ, akin to phŷlon race ( phylum )