NOSTRATIC


Meaning of NOSTRATIC in English

[ nɒ'stratɪk ]

■ adjective relating to or denoting a hypothetical phylum of languages including the Indo-European, Semitic, Altaic, and Dravidian families.

Origin

1960s: from Ger. nostratisch , based on L. nostras , nostrat- 'of our country'.

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.