INDO-EUROPEAN


Meaning of INDO-EUROPEAN in English

adj. & n.

--adj.

1. of or relating to the family of languages spoken over the greater part of Europe and Asia as far as N. India.

2 of or relating to the hypothetical parent language of this family.

--n.

1. the Indo-European family of languages.

2 the hypothetical parent language of all languages belonging to this family.

3 (usu. in pl.) a speaker of an Indo-European language.

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.