Eurasiatic

See also: eurasiàtic

English

Etymology

Attested since 1863.

Proper noun

Eurasiatic

1. A hypothetical superfamily of languages proposed by Joseph Greenberg that groups together several language families of Europe, Asia, and North America, namely Etruscan, Indo-European, Uralic-Yukaghir, Altaic, Korean-Japanese-Ainu, Nivkh, Chukotian and Eskimo-Aleut.

Adjective

Eurasiatic (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the Eurasiatic group of languages.
2. Synonym of Eurasian

Noun

Eurasiatic (plural Eurasiatics)

1. Synonym of Eurasian