/af'roh ay'zhee at"ik, -ay'shee-, -ay'zee-/ , adj.
1. of, belonging to, or pertaining to Afroasiatic; Hamito-Semitic.
n.
2. Also called Hamito-Semitic . a family of languages including as subfamilies Semitic, Egyptian, Berber, Cushitic, and Chadic. Cf. family (def. 14).
Also, Afro-Asiatic .
[ 1955-60; AFRO- + ASIATIC ]