INDO-EUROPEAN


Meaning of INDO-EUROPEAN in English

I. |in(ˌ)dō+ adjective

Usage: usually capitalized I&E

Etymology: Greek ind-, indo- India, of or connected with India + English european — more at ind-

: of, relating to, characteristic of, or constituting the Indo-European languages

II. noun

Usage: capitalized I&E

1.

a. : the Indo-European languages

b. : the unrecorded prehistoric language from which the Indo-European languages are descended

2.

a. : a speaker of Indo-European (sense 1b)

b. : a member of a people whose original tongue is one of the Indo-European languages

3. : one who is a native or inhabitant of a country of southeastern Asia and especially Indochina and who is of European or part-European origin or descent : eurasian

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.