Semitic Definition

sə-mĭtĭk
adjective
Designating or of the Semites or their languages or cultures.
Webster's New World
Of, relating to, or constituting a subgroup of the Afro-Asiatic language group that includes Arabic, Hebrew, Amharic, and Aramaic.
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noun
A major subfamily of the Afroasiatic family of languages, including Arabic, Akkadian, Canaanite, Aramaic, Hebrew, and Ethiopic.
Webster's New World
Any of the Semitic languages.
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Origin of Semitic

  • New Latin Sēmiticus from Sēmita Semite from Late Latin Sēm Shem, eponymous ancestor of the Semites from Greek from Hebrew Šēm

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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