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Indo-Germanic

[ in-doh-jer-man-ik ]

adjective

  1. Indo-European (no longer current).


Indo-Germanic

adjective

  1. obsolete.
    another term for Indo-European
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Indo-Germanic1

First recorded in 1825–35
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Example Sentences

The Indo-Germanic races, on the other hand, have naturally inclined to colonization from early times on.

Such an ordeal was very similar to the sword-oath, at least among Indo-Germanic peoples.

This seems to have been the prevalent notion among Semitic as well as Indo-Germanic peoples.

But it is closely related to a number of words, in various Indo-Germanic languages, of which the root-meaning is 'moisture'.

In the Indo-Germanic languages no one can say what the meaning of the earliest suffixes was.

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