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1Indo–European
adjective In·do–Eu·ro·pe·an \ˌin-dō-ˌyu̇r-ə-ˈpē-ən\
: of or relating to a group of languages that includes many of the languages spoken in Europe, in the parts of the world colonized by Europeans, and in parts of Asia
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: of, relating to, or constituting the Indo-European languages
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First Known Use of INDO-EUROPEAN
1813
2Indo–European
noun
Definition of INDO-EUROPEAN
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a : a member of the people speaking an unrecorded prehistoric language from which the Indo-European languages are descended b : this language
First Known Use of INDO-EUROPEAN
1832
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