Indo-European
Indo-European
Definition
Indo-European (in′dō yo̵or′ə pē′ən)
adjective
designating or of a family of languages that includes most of those spoken in Europe and many of those spoken in southwestern Asia and India
noun
- the Indo-European family of languages: its principal branches are Albanian, Anatolian, Armenian, Baltic, Celtic, Germanic, Greek, Indic, Iranian (often grouped with Indic as the Indo-Iranian subfamily), Italic, Slavic, and Tocharian
- the hypothetical language, reconstructed by modern linguists, from which these languages are thought to have descended: in this sense, Proto-Indo-European is now the preferred term
- a member of a people that speaks an Indo-European language
- a speaker of Proto-Indo-European
Indo-European
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- language: Sanskrit is also the mother of all indo-european languages and the big sister of Greek and Latin.
Browse dictionary entries near Indo-European
- Indo-Aryan
- indivisible
- individuate
- individually
- individualize
- individuality
- individualist
- individualism
- Individual Retirement Account
- individual
- Indo-Germanic
- Indo-Hittite
- Indo-Iranian
- Indo-
- Indochina
- Indochinese
- indocile
- indoctrinate
- indoctrinated
- indoctrination
