SEMITIC

I. adjective Etymology: German semitisch, from Semit, Semite Semite, probably from New Latin Semita, from Late Latin ~ Shem Date: 1813 of, relating to, or constituting a subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic language family that includes Hebrew, Aramaic, Arabic, and Amharic, of, relating to, or characteristic of the Semites, Jewish , II. noun Date: 1831 any or all of the ~ languages