Eurasiatic

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See also: eurasiàtic

English

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Etymology

Attested since 1863.[1]

Proper noun

Eurasiatic

  1. A hypothetical superfamily of languages proposed by Joseph Greenberg that groups together several language families of Europe, Asia, and North America, namely Etruscan, Indo-European, Uralic-Yukaghir, Altaic, Korean-Japanese-Ainu, Nivkh, Chukotian and Eskimo-Aleut.

Adjective

Eurasiatic (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the Eurasiatic group of languages.
  2. Synonym of Eurasian

Noun

Eurasiatic (plural Eurasiatics)

  1. Synonym of Eurasian

References

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “Eurasia”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.