Indo-European (3 synonym found)

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Definition of Indo-European:

(n) : a linguistic theory according to which the similarities between Sanskrit, Persian, Greek and Latin justify a shared mother-language of common origin, based on the "Aryan" theory of philologist Sir William Jones; also known as Indo-Germanic under the extensive comparative work of these and other old languages by linguist Franz Bopp; a major language family which includes many of the languages between Europe and India, with notable Indic, Iranian and European sub-branches
(adj) : of or related to the languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia; of or related to the hypothetical parent language of the Indo-European language family. Also called Proto-Indo-European and abbreviated PIE
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Definition of Indo-European:

(n) : a linguistic theory according to which the similarities between Sanskrit, Persian, Greek and Latin justify a shared mother-language of common origin, based on the "Aryan" theory of philologist Sir William Jones; also known as Indo-Germanic under the extensive comparative work of these and other old languages by linguist Franz Bopp; a major language family which includes many of the languages between Europe and India, with notable Indic, Iranian and European sub-branches
(adj) : of or related to the languages originally spoken in Europe and Western Asia; of or related to the hypothetical parent language of the Indo-European language family. Also called Proto-Indo-European and abbreviated PIE

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