Hamito-Semitic

American

[ham-i-toh-suh-mit-ik] / ˈhæm ɪ toʊ səˈmɪt ɪk /

adjective

(no longer in technical use) Afroasiatic.

Hamito-Semitic British

noun

a former name for Afro-Asiatic

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adjective

denoting or belonging to this family of languages

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Etymology

Origin of Hamito-Semitic

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

Example Sentences

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

From Project Gutenberg

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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