Hamitic

Hamitic

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English Hamite
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English Hamitic

    From Hamite + -ic.

    Adjective

    Hamitic

    1. of or pertaining to the Hamites or to the Hamitic languages.
      • 2014, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, Kintu, Oneworld Publications (2018), page 313:
        Miisi had worked hard in school to show that despite his Hamitic condition he was clever and could be good.

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    Proper noun

    Hamitic

    1. (historical) A name formerly applied to those Afroasiatic languages that are not Semitic languages; a cover term (no longer used) for the Berber, Chadic, Cushitic, Egyptian, and Omotic languages.
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