Hamito-Semitic
[ ham-i-toh-suh-mit-ik ]
/ ˈhæm ɪ toʊ səˈmɪt ɪk /
adjective, noun
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Origin of Hamito-Semitic
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Hamito-Semitic
noun
a former name for Afro-Asiatic (def. 1)
adjective
denoting or belonging to this family of languages
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