Hamito-Semitic

[ham-i-toh-suh-mit-ik]

adjective

1. (no longer in technical use) Afroasiatic.

Hamito-Semitic

noun

1. a former name for Afro-Asiatic

adjective

1. denoting or belonging to this family of languages

Word History and Origins

Origin of Hamito-Semitic¹

First recorded in 1865–70; Hamit(ic) + -o- ( def. ) + Semitic ( def. )

Example Sentences

In its rudiments it is akin to the Hamito-Semitic group.

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But the majority may be described as a mixed Hamito-Semitic people, who, beyond question, belong fundamentally to the Caucasic division.

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By this route the primitive Hamito-Semitic populations may have moved either westwards into Africa, or, as has also been suggested, eastwards into Asia, where in the course of ages the Semitic type became specialised.

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