Eurasiatic

See also: eurasiàtic

English

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.
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