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Semitic

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Se⋅mit⋅ic

  [suh-mit-ik]
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–noun
1. a subfamily of Afroasiatic languages that includes Akkadian, Arabic, Aramaic, Ethiopic, Hebrew, and Phoenician.
–adjective
2. of or pertaining to the Semites or their languages, esp. of or pertaining to the Jews.
Origin:
< NL sēmīticus, equiv. to sēmīt(a) Semite + -icus -ic
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Se·mit·ic   (sə-mĭt'ĭk)   
adj.  

  1. Of or relating to the Semites or their languages or cultures.

  2. Of, relating to, or constituting a subgroup of the Afro-Asiatic language group that includes Arabic, Hebrew, Amharic, and Aramaic.

n.  

  1. The Semitic languages.

  2. Any one of the Semitic languages.


[New Latin Sēmiticus, from Sēmita, Semite, from Late Latin Sēm, Shem, eponymous ancestor of the Semites, from Greek, from Hebrew Šēm.]
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