hamito-semitic

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Ham⋅i⋅to-Se⋅mit⋅ic

[ham-i-toh-suh-mit-ik]

–adjective, noun

Origin:
1905–10; Hamito-, comb. form of Hamitic

[af-roh-ey-zhee-at-ik, -ey-shee-, -ey-zee-]

–adjective

1.	of, belonging to, or pertaining to Afroasiatic; Hamito-Semitic.

–noun

2.	Also called Hamito-Semitic. a family of languages including as subfamilies Semitic, Egyptian, Berber, Cushitic, and Chadic. Compare family (def. 14).

Also, Af⋅ro-A⋅si⋅at⋅ic.

Origin:
1955–60; Afro- + Asiatic

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Ham·i·to-Se·mit·ic (hām'ĭ-tō-sə-mĭt'ĭk)

n. Afro-Asiatic. No longer in technical use.

[Hamit(ic) + Semitic.]

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