Indo-European

In·do-Eu·ro·pe·an  (nd-yr-pn)

n.

1.

a. A family of languages consisting of most of the languages of Europe as well as those of Iran, the Indian subcontinent, and other parts of Asia.

b. Proto-Indo-European. Also called Indo-Germanic.

2. A member of any of the peoples speaking an Indo-European language.

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Indo-Euro·pean adj.

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Indo-European

Adjective

of a family of languages spoken in most of Europe and much of Asia, including English, Russian, and Hindi

Noun

the Indo-European family of languages

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Indo-European - a member of the prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo European Aryan primitive, primitive person - a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization
	2.	Indo-European - the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia Indo-European language, Indo-Hittite natural language, tongue - a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language Proto-Indo European, PIE - a prehistoric unrecorded language that was the ancestor of all Indo-European languages Albanian - the Indo-European language spoken by the people of Albania Armenian language, Armenian - the Indo-European language spoken predominantly in Armenia, but also in Azerbaijan Illyrian - a minor and almost extinct branch of the Indo-European languages; spoken along the Dalmatian coast Thraco-Phrygian - an extinct branch of the Indo-European language family thought by some to be related to Armenian Balto-Slavic, Balto-Slavic language, Balto-Slavonic - a family of Indo-European languages including the Slavic and Baltic languages Germanic, Germanic language - a branch of the Indo-European family of languages; members that are spoken currently fall into two major groups: Scandinavian and West Germanic Celtic, Celtic language - a branch of the Indo-European languages that (judging from inscriptions and place names) was spread widely over Europe in the pre-Christian era Italic language, Italic - a branch of the Indo-European languages of which Latin is the chief representative Tocharian - a branch of the Indo-European language family that originated in central Asia during the first millennium A.D. Indo-Iranian, Indo-Iranian language - the branch of the Indo-European family of languages including the Indic and Iranian language groups Anatolian, Anatolian language - an extinct branch of the Indo-European family of languages known from inscriptions and important in the reconstruction of Proto-Indo European Greek, Hellenic, Hellenic language - the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages
Adj.	1.	Indo-European - of or relating to the Indo-European language family Indo-Germanic
	2.	Indo-European - of or relating to the former Indo-European people; "Indo-European migrations" Aryan, Indo-Aryan