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Hamito-Semitic

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

adjective

  1. (no longer in technical use) Afroasiatic.

Hamito-Semitic British  

noun

  1. a former name for Afro-Asiatic

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adjective

  1. 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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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.

From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court

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

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various

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