Indo-Germanic

In·do-Ger·man·ic

 (ĭn′dō-jər-măn′ĭk)

n.

Indo-European. No longer in scholarly use.

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In′do-Ger·man′ic adj.

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Indo-Germanic

adj, n

1. (Languages) obsolete another term for Indo-European

2. (Peoples) obsolete another term for Indo-European

3. (Historical Terms) obsolete another term for Indo-European

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In•do-Eu•ro•pe•an

(ˈɪn doʊˌyʊər əˈpi ən)

n.

1. a family of languages spoken or formerly spoken in Europe and SW, central, and S Asia, and carried by colonization and conquest since c1500 to many other parts of the world: major branches of Indo-European are Anatolian, Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Greek, Slavic, Baltic, Albanian, Germanic, Tocharian, Italic, and Celtic.

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

3.

a. the language ancestral to the Indo-European languages; Proto-Indo-European. Abbr.: IE

b. a speaker of this language.

adj.

4. of or pertaining to Indo-European or its speakers.

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Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

Indo-Germanic - of or relating to the Indo-European language family Indo-European

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